She´ar-Ja´shub (the remnant shall return), son of the prophet Isaiah, who accompanied his father when he proceeded to deliver to King Ahaz the celebrated prophecy contained in Isaiah 7 (see Isa 7:3). As the sons of Isaiah sometimes stood for signs in Israel (Isa 8:18), and the name of Maher-shalal-hash-baz was given to one of them by way of prophetic intimation, it has been conjectured that the somewhat remarkable name of Shear-jashub intimated that the people who had then retired within the walls of Jerusalem should return in peace to their fields and villages. But we cannot build on this, as it is not distinctly stated that the name of Shear-jashub was chosen, like that of his brother, with any prophetic intention.
The remnant shall return, Isa 7:3 10:21, the name of one of Isaiah’s sons; supposed to have had a prophetic meaning, like Mather-shalal-hash-baz.\par
She’ar-ja’shub (literally, a remnant shall return). The symbolical name of the son of Isaiah, the prophet. Isa 7:3.
("a remnant shall return.") Isaiah’s son who accompanied him in meeting Ahab. His name was a standing memorial to Ahaz, symbolizing the saving of the remnant of Judah when Israel was cast away (Isa 7:1-7; Isa 10:20-22; Isa 6:13), therefore that Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Damascus could not succeed.
By: Emil G. Hirsch, Schulim Ochser
Son of the prophet Isaiah; so named by his father as a prophecy that God would restore the Remnant of His people or that "the remnants of Jacob shall return unto the mighty God" (Isa. x. 21). Isaiah took his son with him when he went to meet Ahaz and to exhort him to trust in God and not to despair of victory over Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Israel (Isa. vii. 1 et seq.).
SHEAR-JASHUB (‘a remnant shall return,’ Isa 7:3).—A symbolical name given to a son of Isaiah to signify the return of the remnant to God after the punishment at the hands of the Assyrians. See Isa 8:18, Isa 10:20-21. and cf. Isa 7:14, Isa 8:1-4, and art. Isaiah, p. 387b.