Shear Jashub
“A Remnant Shall Return”
Summary
The elder son of the prophet Isaiah, whose symbolic name meaning 'a remnant shall return' served as a prophetic sign to Israel.
☩Prophetic Significance
Shear-jashub accompanied his father Isaiah when the prophet went to deliver a message to King Ahaz of Judah. Isaiah was commanded by God to take his son and meet Ahaz at the upper pool's aqueduct during the Syro-Ephraimite crisis, when the kings of Syria and Israel were threatening Jerusalem. The child's name was itself a prophecy—though judgment was coming, a faithful remnant would return.
☩Name Meaning
The name Shear-jashub literally means 'a remnant shall return.' Isaiah's children served as 'signs and portents in Israel from the LORD of hosts' (Isaiah 8:18), their very names conveying prophetic messages. This son's name assured the people that while many would be taken away in judgment, a remnant would survive and return to the land in peace.
Related Verses1 mention
Isaiah· 1 verse
References
- 1.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Shearjashub," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 2.John McClintock and James Strong, "Shear-jashub," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Shear Jashub," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
- 4.George Morrish, "Shearjashub," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 5.John McClintock and James Strong, "Shear-jashub," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).