Further, the prophet Isaiah speaks of the birth of a son to him, and by God's command the name of this son is given Magershelalhashbaz, that is, "hastens the plunder, hastens the booty" (Isaiah 8:1). As you can see, the ministry of the prophet does not end even within the walls of his own home, so he names his children for a certain purpose. This name refers precisely to the fact that before the child is able to pronounce "my father" and "my mother", the riches of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried before the king of Assyria.

However, even here we cannot limit ourselves to the literal meaning. If the seventh chapter deals with Christmas, then it should be understood in the same way. St. Basil the Great says that he approached in a vision and saw the fulfillment of the promise. The Mother of God was called the Prophetess, since the Holy Spirit descended upon Her, and She sang a prophetic song. The Son is Christ, who suddenly plundered the "gain" of the devil – the people who were captive by him. "And thou shalt come unto the prophetess, and be conceived in thy womb, and bear forth a son. And the Lord said unto me, His name is Thou hast taken captive, and plundered insolently" (Isaiah 8:3). "That is, by the spirit and foreknowledge of the future, I approached the prophetess. For he comprehended, as it were, drawn closer by prophetic understanding, saw her conception from afar, foreseeing by means of a prophetic gift that She had given birth to a Son, of Whom the Lord said: "Call His name: Quickly take captive, impudently plunder." Soon he captured the strong, guarding his possessions, that is, those who were sold into sin and kept in the bonds of death. And He took him captive, and divided his gains to His own strength, handing over the faithful to the holy Angels for safekeeping and keeping, of whom He Himself said: "Ye shall see the face of My Father which is in heaven" (Matt. 18:10). For this is the one who has brazenly plundered; of Him it is written, "Ascending on high, He took captivity captive, He took possession among men" (Ps. 67:19)" [8, part 2, p. 235].

The power of Damascus is the believers of the Gentiles, the gains of Samaria are those who believe from circumcision. "If captivity is speedy to wrought gain, it is ripe" (Isaiah 8:1). "For the teaching of the Gospel was soon quicker than any lightning, it reached the ends of the world; it takes away the gains of the prince of this world, and brings those who are captive by him into the obedience of Christ" [8, part 2, p. 236].

Further, the prophet says that Judah should trust in God, and not in military alliances, not in fortified cities, not in its own military force. The Lord says that "He will be a sanctification, and a stumbling block, and a rock of offense for both houses of Israel, a snare and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem" (Isaiah 8:14) and Judah. Trust in God is the only thing that can save and protect Judea, no idols, no military alliances, nothing else will help them, any more than they helped, say, Samaria. Samaria was a magnificently fortified city for its time, even the Assyrian army spent a lot of time to take this city, but, nevertheless, it took, razed it to the ground, so that no tricks helped it. Prophetically, the saving hope in Christ is depicted here.

And then in chapter 9 there is a prophecy about the exaltation of Galilee of the Gentiles: "The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; on those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, the light will shine" (Isaiah 9:2), which is quoted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matt. 4:16), and the light will shine, not just sunlight, and not just electricity, but the light that enlightens everyone, that is, Christ will appear. "For unto us a child is born, a son is given unto us; dominion is upon His shoulders, and they shall call His name Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6), or in the Slavonic Bible: "Great is the Angel of Counsel, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Sovereign, Prince of Peace, Father of the age to come; for I will bring peace upon the princes, peace and health to him." We know these words from the divine services. "Wonderful, Angel of the Great Council." The council, obviously, is the same that is spoken of in the sixth chapter, and Christ is here really called the Angel who announced its fulfillment. Remember, when analyzing the law-positive books, we talked about some oddities in the appearance of angels, which are described in the Old Testament books. I am pushing you to think that those apparitions also contained a prophecy about Christ. And here Christ is directly called an Angel. And also by the "Father of the age to come," that is, the life of the age to come, which we hope for and sing in the Symbol of Faith, is revealed through Christ.

Irmos of the 5th canon of the Nativity canon: "O God of this world, Father of mercies, of Thy great counsel Angel, Thou hast sent us peace. Thus having been guided by the understanding of God to the light, from the night we glorify Thee, O lover of mankind!"

Chapter 11 speaks of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Christ is called a sprout from the root of Jesse: "And there shall come forth a sprout from the root of Jesse, and a branch shall sprout from his root; and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness; and he will be filled with the fear of the Lord, and he will not judge by the sight of his eyes, nor by the hearing of his eyes to decide things. He will judge the poor in righteousness, and decide the deeds of the afflicted of the earth in truth; and with the rod of his mouth he will smite the earth, and with the spirit of his mouth he will kill the wicked" (Isaiah 11:1-4). These last words are quoted in the second Epistle to the Thessalonians by the Apostle Paul.

Why should the Spirit of the Lord rest on who God is? It is precisely because through Him He will be revealed, through Him that the actions of the Spirit will finally become available to all people, and these gifts of the Spirit, which will rest perfectly in Christ, will also be transmitted to believers.

3.8. Prophecies about the fate of the pagan nations and about Jerusalem

As with other prophets, vengeance turns out to be associated with a world catastrophe.

"Weep, for the day of the Lord is near, coming as a destructive power from the Almighty. That is why everyone's hands dropped, and everyone's heart melted. They were terrified, convulsions and pains seized them; they are tormented like a woman giving birth, they look at each other in amazement, their faces are aflame. Behold, the fierce day of the Lord comes, with wrath and burning wrath, to make the earth a desolation, and to destroy its sinners from it. The stars of heaven and the luminaries do not give light from themselves; the sun is darkened at its rising, and the moon does not shine with its light. I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquities, and I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud, and I will humble the arrogance of the oppressors; I will make men more precious than pure gold, and men more precious than the gold of Ophir. For this I will shake the heavens, and the earth will be moved out of its place because of the wrath of the Lord of hosts, in the day of His burning wrath" (Isaiah 13:6-13).

Even in the prophecies about the punishment of certain peoples, there is something more. In the fall of Babylon, we see an image of the fall of Satan.