1)

Who are "ha'Yeladim Asher Nasan Li Hashem"?

1.

Rashi: They are of Yeshayah 1 .

2.

Rashi, from Bereishis Rabah 42:14: They are Talmidim, who are dear to me like children.

3.

Radak: They are She'ar Yashuv (7:3) and "Maher Shalal Chash Baz" (8:3).

4.

Malbim (3): The first was Achaz' son, and the second was Yeshayah's. They are not [both] my children; rather, He gave them to me for signs (refer to 8:3:2:2*).


1

Our verse implies that there were two sons. Above, Rashi said that they were the same son (refer to 8:3:2:1)! Perhaps he is called "ha'Yeladim" (plural) because he was given for two signs. (PF)

2)

What are the "Osos u'Mofesim"?

1.

Rashi: They are (a) a sign of punishments of Pekach - he called his son "Maher Shalal Chash Baz" (8:3), and (b) the salvation via natural means or people of Beis David, like he called his son Imanu'el (7:14).

2.

Rashi, from Bereishis Rabah 42:14: The Talmidim are a sign that Torah will exist in Yisrael via them.

3.

Radak: My actions for a sign, i.e. writing the scroll, and calling the names to my sons, was not my idea. It was from Hashem; He will save us from Melech Aram and Melech Ashur.

4.

Malbim: The actions that I did - drawing on the parchment figures of people plundering (refer to 8:1:3:3) and signing Zecharyah and Uriyah on the Torah (refer to 8:16:2:4), Hashem commanded this. Surely He will not retract, since these actions were done to support the prophecies!

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