Isaiah 8:8
“And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.”
King James Version
Amid the Assyrian threat, the land is addressed as belonging to 'Immanuel' — tying the chapter to the Immanuel prophecy of 7:14.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 8:10 Romans 8:31
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe land is Immanuel's, for Immanuel is Jesus — the one God 'with us' in the flesh (Matt. 1:23).
JewishThe land of Judah called by the sign-name Immanuel ('God with us'), read within the Assyrian crisis and the sign of 7:14.
CatholicThe land belonging to Immanuel — fulfilled in Christ, 'God with us' (Matt. 1:23).
Protestant'O Immanuel' ties chapter 8 to the Immanuel sign (7:14); the land is His — fulfilled in Christ.
OrthodoxChrist Immanuel, God with His people even amid judgment.
DispensationalThe Immanuel motif, ultimately fulfilled in the Messiah's presence.
AcademicThe repeated 'Immanuel' links chapters 7-8; scholars debate the original referent and the later messianic reading (Matt. 1:23).
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