is how Isaiah meant them. It is significant that the Jewish exegetical tradition assumed that at least the first three phrases referred to God, though it took them as describing God as namer rather than as part of the name. The Hb. of the first two phrases reads literally “Wonder planner, God warrior.” NIV wonderful counselor apparently takes the first phrase to mean “wonder of a planner.” If that is a natural rendering of the first phrase, the natural way for the prophet to expect people to understand