Comentario sobre Isaías 8:8

into Judah into the land of Judah.

Immanuel. He is mentioned here because he is to serve as a sign that Jerusalem will be delivered out of the hand of Pekah, Rezin and Sennacherib, even after the conquest of Damascus and Samaria.¹⁶The Assyrian armies could then march directly against Jerusalem, and their success was considered certain.

overflowing with might.

up to the neck up to the main part of the strength of their neck. And Jonathan renders: Up to Jerusalem he will reach. the neck their strength.

the tips of his wings A small joint at the end of the wing is called מֻטּוֹת, and I saw in Tanhuma (Tazria 8, Buber 10): How big are the wing tips of the rooster? [One sixtieth of his wings, symbolizing] one sixtieth of Sennacherib’s forces.

will fill the breadth of the land of Judah.

Immanuel This is the tribe of Judah, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, promised to be with in the days of Hezekiah, as the words of the prophetess, who named her son Immanuel.