Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Isaiah 7:5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
No JFB commentary on this verse.
Verse Isaiah 7:5. _BECAUSE - REMALIAH_] All these words are omitted by one MS. and the _Syriac_; a part of them also by the _Septuagint_....
CHAPTER 7 The Prophet before King Ahaz 1. _The king in trouble (Isaiah 7:1)_ 2. _Isaiah sent and his message (Isaiah 7:3)_ 3. _A sign offered and refused (Isaiah 7:10)_ 4. The sign: The virgin birth...
ISAIAH GIVES AHAZ THE ENCOURAGING SIGN OF IMMANUEL WHEN HE IS DISMAYED BY THE ALLIANCE OF SYRIA AND EPHRAIM AGAINST HIM. For the historical circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1, which...
The project of Rezin and Pekah is opposed to the purpose of Jehovah and shall come to nought. The verses form a single sentence, 5 and 6 being the protasis and 7 the apodosis....
Change the order with R.V.: BECAUSE SYRIA HATH COUNSELLED EVIL AGAINST THEE, EPHRAIM AND THE SON OF REMALIAH, SAYING, &c....
SAY UNTO HIM, TAKE HEED— The consolatory part of this discourse, concerning the deliverance of the city, extends from this to the 17th verse: in which we have, _first,_ a promise of the deliverance of...
II. CRISIS AND THE CHRIST (IMMANUEL) Chapter S 7 - 12 CHAPTER SEVEN A. PROMISE OF IMMANUEL 1. THE CRISIS Isaiah 7:1-9 TEXT: Isaiah 7:1-9 1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz, the son of Joth...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
Ephraim is another name for Israel....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 7 From now on in the Book of Isaiah, the names Israel and Eph...
יַ֗עַן כִּֽי ־יָעַ֥ץ עָלֶ֛יךָ אֲרָ֖ם רָעָ֑ה א
CHAPTER V THE WORLD IN ISAIAH'S DAY AND ISRAEL'S GOD 735-730 B.C. UP to this point we have been acquainted with Isaiah as a prophet of general principles, preaching to his countrymen the elements of...
THE SIGN OF IMMANUEL Isaiah 7:1-17 A new cycle of prophecy begins here, covering the reign of Ahaz. The complete history which illustrates these Chapter s is given in 2 Chronicles 28:5. The invasion...
Immediately following this new call of the prophet, we have the account of his encounter with Ahaz. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel had entered into a confederacy against Judah, and a great fear po...
I beg the Reader to remark with me, the Lord's tender mercy to his people. Surely in this history, as in a thousand others, the Apostle's words are fulfilled: where sin abounded, grace did much more a...
5._The king of Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee. _Though he foretold that empty would be the threats, and vain the attempts of the enemies of the people of God, yet he does not conceal that...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
BECAUSE SYRIA, EPHRAIM, AND THE SON OF REMALIAH,.... Not that there were three parties in the counsel and confederacy against Judah, only two, the kingdoms of Syria and Ephraim, or Israel; the king of...
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Ver. 5. _Because Syria, Ephraim, &c._] This was the fruit of their fury fuming out at their noses, Isa 7...
_Syria and Ephraim have taken evil_, or mischievous _counsel, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it_ Hebrew, נקיצנה, _harass, weary_, or _distress it; and make a breach therein_ Violently bre...
Because Syria, or Aram, WITH ITS CONFEDERATES, EPHRAIM, AND THE SON OF REMALIAH, the northern kingdom and its ruler, HAVE TAKEN EVIL COUNSEL AGAINST THEE, SAYING,...
GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM...
1-9 Ungodly men are often punished by others as bad as themselves. Being in great distress and confusion, the Jews gave up all for lost. They had made God their enemy, and knew not how to make him th...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 7:5 Syria H758 Ephraim H669 son H1121 Remaliah H7425 plotted H3289 (H8804) evil H7451 saying H559 ...
GOD APPEALS TO AHAZ ASKING HIM TO TRUST HIM (ISAIAH 7:1). Syria and Israel, in seeking to join an alliance against Assyria, called on Judah to join them, and when Ahaz was reluctant, determined to bri...
Isaiah 7:1. And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jer...
CONTENTS: Evil confederacy of Rezin and Jekah. The sign of the Virgin's Son. Prediction of impending invasion of Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ahaz, Rezin, Pekah, Isaiah, Shear-jashub. CONCLUSION:...
Isaiah 7:1. _In the days of Ahaz,_ the second or the third year of his reign. Chapter s 5. and 6. are therefore out of place. Isaiah 7:6. _Let us go up against Judah and set a king in the midst of it,...
_Rezin. .. and Pekah. .. went up toward Jerusalem to war against it_ THE CONFEDERACY AGAINST JERUSALEM The reason of this war is not stated: but from the desire of those kings to dethrone Ahaz, and...
ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZ Isaiah 7:3. _Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, &c._ In this interview of Isaiah with Ahaz we have an instance— I. OF GOD’S EFFORTS TO TURN MEN FROM RUINOUS COURSES. God is...
FEARS AND COMFORTS Isaiah 7:1. _And it came to pass, in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, &c._ The historical statements [778] in these verses afford illustrations of spiritual truths. [778] For...
SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 7:1 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ
Now Uzziah is dead and his grandson Ahaz is reigning. It came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin was the king of Syria, and Pekah was the...
Nahum 1:11; Psalms 2:2; Psalms 83:3; Psalms 83:4; Zechariah 1:15...
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 7:5; _Isaiah 9:6_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "We see no reason why the whole Bible is not a "revelat...