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Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

KJV

Ecce ego et pueri mei quos dedit mihi Dominus in signum, et in portentum Israël a Domino exercituum, qui habitat in monte Sion :

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καὶ τὰ παιδία ἅ μοι ἔδωκεν ὁ θεός. καὶ ἔσται σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ παρὰ Κυρίου σαβαώθ, ὃς κατοικεῖ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σειών.

LXX

Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

ASV

הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י וְ/הַ/יְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָֽתַן לִ֣/י יְהוָ֔ה לְ/אֹת֥וֹת וּ/לְ/מוֹפְתִ֖ים בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מֵ/עִם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הַ/שֹּׁכֵ֖ן בְּ/הַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֔וֹת
'vt
noun · 78×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
ו
v
noun · 36×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Heb 2:13 · adapted
    "And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me."
    Isaiah: behold I and the children God has given me — Christ and the church

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 23:25 — For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
  • 1Chr 25:5 — All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
  • 3John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
  • Deut 28:46 — And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
  • Ezek 4:3 — Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shal
  • Ezek 12:6 — In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Isra
  • Gen 33:5 — And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
  • Heb 2:13 — And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
  • Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
  • Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
  • Isa 12:6 — Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
  • Isa 14:32 — What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
  • Isa 20:3 — And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
  • Isa 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
  • Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
  • Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
  • Ps 9:11 — Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
  • Ps 22:30 — A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
  • Ps 71:7 — I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
  • Ps 71:7 — I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
  • Ps 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
  • Ps 132:14 — This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
  • Zech 3:8 — Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
  • Zech 3:8 — Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
  • Zech 8:3 — Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.