Razor. Or cut off with scissors all the hair, as was done with lepers, (Leviticus xiv. 9.) and Levites, Numbers viii. 7. The country shall be pillaged, and all shall be in mourning. (Calmet) --- The men shall be despised as no better than women and cowards. (St. Jerome) (Theodoret) --- Hired. With large sums. (Calmet)
Verse Isaiah 7:20. _THE RIVER_] That is, the Euphrates: הנהר _hanahar_. So read the _Septuagint_ and two MSS. _SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED_ - "JEHOVAH shall shave by the hired ra...
IN THE SAME DAY ... - The idea in this verse is the same as in the preceding, though presented in a different form. The meaning is, that “God” would bring upon them this punishment, but that he would...
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...
THE DEVASTATION OF JUDAH. Probably an independent prophecy rather than a continuation of Isaiah 7:2; it strikes a very different note. It may belong to the same date, but may quite well be later. Disa...
HIRED. By Ahaz himself....
Further announcements (not addressed to Ahaz, but probably compiled from fragments of several of Isaiah's prophecies) of the Assyrian invasion (18 20) and its consequences (21 25)....
A new figure for the degradation and impoverishment of Judah at the hands of Assyria. _In the same day_ IN THAT DAY. _with a rasor … river_ Better: WITH THE RAZOR HIRED BEYOND THE RIVER (Euphrates). T...
SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED, &C.— _Shall the Lord shave with that mercenary razor by them beyond the Euphrates,_ &c.—_And even the beard also shall be close shaven._ Schultens. The...
CALAMITY TEXT: Isaiah 7:17-25 17 Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah. even the king...
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. I...
A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED] The reference is to Ahaz's policy of calling in the aid of Tiglath-pileser. Retribution would come through that very power on which Ahaz relied, and the land would be laid bare....
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and 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...
SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED. — Better, “with _the_ razor.” The words find a parallel in the “made him naked” of 2 Chronicles 28:19. The term “hired” applies to the tribute which Ah...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֡וּא יְגַלַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָי֩...
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...
A FOREIGN FOE-GOD'S INSTRUMENT Isaiah 7:18-25; Isaiah 8:1-4 Ahaz, as we have seen, summoned the king of Assyria to his aid. This policy, dictated by human prudence, was fraught with vast peril. He an...
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...
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the (t) feet: and it shall also consume the beard...
After the Lord had given the unspeakably blessed promise, concerning the coming of Christ, that his people in those degenerate times might have comfort, he proceeds to his solemn threatenings: and mos...
20._The _Lord_will shave with a hired razor. _He now employs a different metaphor, and compares those enemies by whom the Lord had determined to afflict Judea at the appointed time, to _a razor_, by w...
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...
IN THE SAME DAY SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED,.... Meaning the Assyrian monarch, whom he would use as an instrument in his hand to spoil and cut off the people of the Jews; who is co...
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. V...
_The Lord shall shave_ Shall utterly spoil, as shaving takes away the hair; _with a razor that is hired_ Hired by Ahaz; for he purchased the aid of the Assyrians with large sums of silver and gold, 2...
THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, through an army which He placed in His service, to carry out His will, NAMELY, BY THEM BEYOND THE RIVER, BY THE KING OF ASSYRIA, THE HE...
17-25 Let those who will not believe the promises of God, expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings; for who can resist or escape his judgments? The Lord shall sweep all away; and whomsoever he e...
SHAVE WITH A RAZOR, i.e. utterly spoil and destroy, as shaving takes away all the hair, and leaves not any thing of it visible, as there is when the hair is only cut or polled. _Hired_; either, 1. By...
Isaiah 7:20 day H3117 Lord H136 shave H1548 (H8762) hired H7917 razor H8593 beyond H5676 River H5104
GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON AHAZ AND JUDAH (ISAIAH 7:20). God now declares certain judgment on Ahaz. Not only is his seed permanently rejected, but, having rejected the authority of Yahweh, he will now come...
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,...
_In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired_ THE HIRED RAZOR There_ is _involved the bitterest sarcasm for Ahaz; the cheap knife which he had hired for the deliverance of Judah...
_The Lord shall bring upon thee. .. even the king of Assyria_ THE PROPHECY FULFILLED The calling in of Assur laid the foundation for the overthrow of the kingdom of Judah not less than for that of th...
A SENTENCE OF DOOM Isaiah 7:17. _The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, &c._ I. GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE WHOLE EARTH. He is the great controller of all nations. All governments are but i...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 28:21; 2 Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 16:8;...
Shave — Utterly spoil, as shaving takes away the hair. Hired — By Ahaz, who did hire them, 2 Kings 16:7. And so the prophet notes the just judgment of God, in scourging them with a rod of their own ma...