8:5-7
The people had had a choice. They could have trusted in the Lord, that is what the “gently flowing waters of Shiloah” means. Instead they had given weight to Rezin and Remaliah (Aram and Ephraim). So the mighty waters of Assyria would come and overwhelm them. It can seem so hard to trust in the Lord at times. Everything about our nature reacts against it. We want something we can see and touch, so our natural inclinations are to to put our trust in a person or a thing, rather than in the Lord. We need to learn to trust in the Lord Himself, for this is the only path to true trust and peace.
8:8
The waters of Assyria would reach right up to the neck of Judah. In practice this meant they reached the walls of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem was saved by miraculous intervention. Verse 8 closes with “Immanuel!”, which seems rather strange given that we are talking about disaster here. Perhaps it means that they had a choice of “God with us”. If they had trusted in the Lord He would have been with them as a protector and provider, but since they rejected Him He would still be with them, but it would be as their judge, as their enemy.
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