Isaiah was married and had at least two sons (see Isaiah 7:3; 8:1–3). In Isaiah 8:3 he refers to his wife as “the prophetess.” The expression “prophetess” is used here only to designate the prophet’s wife, not a prophetic office or gift (see Young, Book of Isaiah, 1:303).
Isaiah; name means “the Lord is salvation” and this idea is reflected in his writings. His sons were both given prophetic names to dramatize Isaiah’s message. His first son, Shear-jashub (Isaiah 7:3), name means “the remnant shall return” (Isaiah 7:3a) and the second, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, name means “to speed to the spoil, he hasteneth the prey.” (Isaiah 8:1). All three names convey a message to the people in Judah so that whenever anyone saw or heard Isaiah and his sons, they were given a message through those names, as a sign or witness against the people.
Shear-jashub accompanied his father in visiting the king.
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I wish we were able to have a complete biography of Isaiah, I’m so interested in who he married. What was his wife like? Was there such thing as attraction during his time or was marriage a societal expectation?
Jacob,
I never knew this. Can you elaborate more on his wife and children?
Joyce
Thanks for reading Joyce!
Unfortunately very little is known about his wife and children at this time. I have tapped the research done thus far in this area and this is as far as we can go without major speculation. However, if there are any new findings I’ll be sure to let you know!
Unfortunately the Author Edward J Young on his Book of Isaiah (3 volume conservative scholarship) is lacking spiritual insight and established truth.
Isaiah’s wife, being unamed in biblical account, yet noted as “prophetess”, is erroneiusly attributed by many scholars as “wife of prophet”. However this is not the refernce intended.
Indeed she was prophetic along with her husband in naming her children in the which it was prophecy that was to be fulfilled regarding their names.
There is a misconception by many scholars who believe that their interpretation is doctrine, while they are devoid of the Spirit while seeking secualr research
The Lord decrees what the Lord decrees and s called scholars cannot alter their meaning or blessing.
There is always a fear by many that omen cannot be prophetic or prophetesses, but they err greatly
Whether Isaiah calls his wife prophetess or not, or whether she is gifted or is really irrelevant. Is it? She IS called prophetess. She IS a prophetess. No matter how many refeernces are made to other works in this regard. For all scriptural purposes she IS a prophetess.
Prophet means prophet and prophetess means prophetess. NOONE! can take that away from her. Whether she is mentioned in one verse or a hundred. Hulda, prophetess. Deborah, prophetess. Anna prophetess. Are you going to take that away from them too because they are women? That is what is looks like.
Let’s be very careful about the persistently constant desire and act of erasing the stature of women because they are , well women. This is demonic behaviour, the desire to erase women. Whether it is in denying scripture or killing women as we are living it in society today, from the micro to macro levels. This may look micro, but the principle lies the same. That may not be the intention here but if it looks like a duck…