For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, before He would reach the age of adolescence, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings, rather, "desolate will be the land, of the face of whose two kings thou hast a horror," the judgment of the Lord having been carried out upon it. The time of this event is more exactly fixed in the next verses.
THE LAND THAT THOU ABHORREST - The land concerning which thou art so much “alarmed or distressed;” that is, the united land of Syria and Ephraim. It is mentioned here as ‘the land,’ or as one land, be...
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...
FOR BEFORE. This was the sign to Ahaz and all present. Compare the further sign, Isaiah 8:4, and see App-101. CHILD. sucking child. THE LAND. the soil. ABHORREST: or vexest. SHALL BE FORSAKEN. So i...
The sign of Immanuel. See Additional Note at the end of this chapter. 14. _Therefore_ because of this act of unbelief. _the Lord himself_ The word is _Adonai_, as ch. Isaiah 6:1. _Behold, a virgin_ (L...
The "for" seems to go back to Isaiah 7:14: he shall be called "God with us," because whilst he is yet in infancy a signal deliverance shall be wrought. _the land that thou abhorrest … kings_ Render: T...
THE LAND THAT THOU ABHORREST, &C.— _Distressed shall be that land, whose two kings thou art afraid of,_ or _distressed by._ The learned Vitringa seems to have proved beyond any doubt, not only the pro...
THE CHRIST Isaiah 7:10-16 TEXT: Isaiah 7:10-16 10 And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above. 12 But Aha...
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. FOR BEFORE THE CHILD SHALL KNOW TO REFUSE THE EVIL (HEBRE...
7:16 fearest (e-21) The word implies 'fear' and 'aversion,' as Exodus 1:12 ; Numbers 21:5 , 'loathe.'...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
Though the child about to be born must in his early years endure privation, yet before he comes to years of discretion Judah's present enemies shall be brought to nought. THE LAND, etc.] RV 'the land...
‘Curds and honey’ were poor foods for hard times. During the next 3 years, Damascus (capital of Syria) would fall to the *Assyrian army. So did Samaria (capital of Israel), 13 years later. ENEMIES WI...
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...
FOR BEFORE THE CHILD SHALL KNOW... — The words imply the age of approaching manhood, and predict the downfall of Pekah and Rezin, as the longer period of Isaiah 7:8 predicted the entire downfall and a...
כִּ֠י בְּ טֶ֨רֶם יֵדַ֥ע הַ נַּ֛עַר מָאֹ֥ס
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...
For before the (o) child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings. (o) Not meaning Christ, but any child: for before a chil...
_Good. Being arrived at the age of discretion, Achaz engaged the Assyrians to invade Damascus. Its citizens and four tribes were carried into captivity the year following. Phacee only survived another...
I have separated this verse from the whole passage going before from an idea, (though I presume not to say I am right) that it is not connected with what is said concerning Christ, but as a sign to Is...
16._Before the child shall know. _Many have been led into a mistake by connecting this verse with the preceding one, as if it had been the same child that was mentioned. They suppose that it assigns t...
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...
FOR BEFORE THE CHILD SHALL KNOW TO REFUSE THE EVIL, AND CHOOSE THE GOOD,.... This may be understood of Isaiah's child, Shearjashub, he had along with him, he was bid to take with him; and who therefor...
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. Ver. 16. _For before the child._] _Hannagnar,_ this child Sh...
_For before the child_, &c. “The learned Vitringa,” says Dr. Dodd, “seems to have proved beyond any doubt, that the child spoken of in this verse can be no other than he who is spoken of in the preced...
10-16 Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reprov...
FOR; or, _yea_; for so this particle is used by way of amplification or addition, ISAIAH 32:13 JEREMIAH 14:5,18. So the sense is, Not only this land of thine shall be preserved until the virgin's Son...
Isaiah 7:16 Child H5288 know H3045 (H8799) refuse H3988 (H8800) evil H7451 choose H977 (H8800) good...
THE MISERABLE FAILURE OF AHAZ AND GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HIS HOUSE (ISAIAH 7:10). We must not underestimate this incident. In this total turnabout of history in Israel's most crucial time, for it would det...
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,...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:10 AHAZ, king of Judah, sees Syria and EPHRAIM (the northern kingdom) as a threat, even though the Lord has said Ahaz has nothing to fear from them. Though Ahaz is the heir of...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:15 The threat from Syria and Ephraim will pass in less time than it takes for the BOY (possibly meaning “any boy”) to reach an age when he can REFUSE THE EVIL AND CHOOSE THE GO...
THE VIRGIN’S SON Isaiah 7:13. _And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David, &c._ On this supremely difficult passage Dr. Kennicott preached a remarkable sermon before the University of Oxford, on the...
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 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 16:9; Deuteronomy 1:39; I
Yea — Not only this land shall be preserved until the virgin's son shall be born, but thine enemies land shall be sorely scourged, and these two kings destroyed within a very little time. This child —...