Isaiah 8:2
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And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

I took

Ruth 4:2,10,11 And Booz, taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here. . . .

2 Corinthians 13:1 Behold, this is the third time I am coming to you: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand.

Uriah

2 Kings 16:10,11 And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Theglathphalasar, king of the Assyrians, and when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Achaz sent to Urias, the priest, a pattern of it, and its likeness, according to all the work thereof. . . .

2 Kings 18:2 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abi, the daughter of Zacharias.

Context
Assyrian Invasion Prophesied
1And the Lord said to me: Take thee a great book, and write in it with a man's pen. Take away the spoils with speed, quickly take the prey. 2And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.3And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me: Call his name, Hasten to take away the spoils: Make hast to take away the prey.…
Cross References
2 Kings 16:10
And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Theglathphalasar, king of the Assyrians, and when he had seen the altar of Damascus, king Achaz sent to Urias, the priest, a pattern of it, and its likeness, according to all the work thereof.

2 Kings 16:11
And Urias, the priest, built an altar according to all that king Achaz had commanded from Damascus so did Urias, the priest, until king Achaz came from Damascus.

Isaiah 8:16
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

Jeremiah 32:10
And I wrote it in a book and sealed it, and took witnesses: and I weighed him the money in the balances.

Lexicon
And I will appoint
וְאָעִ֣ידָה (wə·’ā·‘î·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5749: To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore

for myself
לִּ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

trustworthy
נֶאֱמָנִ֑ים (ne·’ĕ·mā·nîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 539: To confirm, support

witnesses—
עֵדִ֖ים (‘ê·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

Uriah
אוּרִיָּ֣ה (’ū·rî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 223: Uriah -- 'flame of Yah', the name of a Hittite and of two Israelites

the priest
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

and Zechariah
זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ (zə·ḵar·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2148: Zachariah -- the name of a number of Israelites

son
בֶּ֥ן (ben)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Jeberekiah.”
יְבֶרֶכְיָֽהוּ׃ (yə·ḇe·reḵ·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3000: Jeberechiah -- 'Yah blesses', the name of several Israelites


Additional Translations
And I will appoint for myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

And make me witnesses of faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

And I took unto me to witness, sure witnesses, Urijah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."

And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
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