Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 7:1
Ahaz — A most wicked king: yet no prophecies are more comfortable than those which were delivered in his time; God so ordering it for the encouragement of the faithful that lived under his impious reign.
Ahaz — A most wicked king: yet no prophecies are more comfortable than those which were delivered in his time; God so ordering it for the encouragement of the faithful that lived under his impious reign.
CHAPTER VII _The king of Judah and the royal family being in the utmost_ _consternation on receiving accounts of the invasion of the_ _kings of Syria and Israel, the prophet is sent to assure them_...
IN THE DAYS OF AHAZ - Ahaz began to reign about 738 years before Christ. By a comparison of 2 Kings 16:5, ..., with 2 Chronicles 28:5, etc., it will be seen that Judea was twice invaded by Rezin and P...
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...
IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF. See note on Genesis 14:1. AHAZ. For the history explaining this prophecy see 2 Kings 15:37; Isaiah 16:5. REZIN. See...
The genealogy of Ahaz seems unnecessary for the contemporaries of Isaiah, although it might be given to connect the passage with ch. Isaiah 6:1. The latter part of the verse closely resembles 2 Kings...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, &C.— The _fifth_ sermon, which extends from this to the 13th chapter, is of a very mixed and various argument; partly doctrinal and redargutory, partly consolatory and prophetic....
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...
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 Jerusalem to w...
See prefatory note to the section....
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...
About this time, Assyria (northern Iraq today) was growing more and more powerful. The rulers of Syria and Israel were worried that the *Assyrians would soon attack them. So they tried to force Judah...
VII. (1) IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF AHAZ. — The whole reign of Jotham comes between Isaiah 6:7. On Isaiah’s life during that period, see _Introduction._ The work of the prophet now carries him int...
וַ יְהִ֡י בִּ ימֵ֣י אָ֠חָז בֶּן ־יֹותָ֨ם
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...
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, (a) went up toward Jerusalem...
Achaz. This must be seventeen years later than the former prediction, 4 Kings xv. 37. The kings of Syria and Israel jointly attacked Juda, but were forced to raise the siege of Jerusalem. The next yea...
CONTENTS Part of this chapter is historical, and part prophetical. The distress of Jerusalem gives occasion to introduce a memorable prophecy concerning Christ. The chapter closes with threatenings....
If the Reader will consult the corresponding scripture, in the history of the kings of Judah and Israel, he will find that a considerable time had elapsed between the vision in the preceding chapter,...
1._And it came to pass. _Here is related a remarkable prophecy about the wonderful deliverance of Jerusalem, when it appeared to have been utterly ruined. Now the Prophet explains all the circumstance...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF AHAZ THE SON OF JOTHAM, THE SON OF UZZIAH KING OF JUDAH,.... Here begins a new prophecy under the reign of another king; who, though a wicked king, had religious anc...
_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 Jerusalem to...
_And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz_ Of whose idolatries and abominable wickedness the reader will find a particular account, 2 Chronicles 28:1. _Rezin and Pekah went up toward Jerusalem_ “The co...
GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM...
And it came to pass in the days of Alias, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5; 2 Chronicles 28:5, that Rezin, the king of Syria, and Pekah, the son of Rema...
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...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 7 Ahaz, afraid of Rezin and Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah ISAIAH 7:1; refusing to choose a sign, Christ is promised for one, ISAIAH 7:10: his judgment should come by Assyria, ISAIAH 7:1...
Isaiah 7:1 days H3117 Ahaz H271 son H1121 Jotham H3147 son H1121 Uzziah H5818 king H4428 Judah H3063 Rezin...
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—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:1 IN THE DAYS OF AHAZ is c. 735 B.C., when Ahaz has just begun his reign. REZIN THE KING OF SYRIA AND PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH THE KING OF ISRAEL. Syria and the northern kingd...
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...
PURPOSES AND PANICS Isaiah 7:1. _And it came to pass, in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, &c._ In this brief record of events [781] that occurred so long ago, we may find suggestions of truths wh...
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 28:1; 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:1; Isaiah 7:4; Isaiah