David — Ahaz, and his relations. He calls them the house of David, to intimate that the following comfortable message was sent to Ahaz, not for his own sake, but for the sake of his worthy progenitor David. Ephraim — The kingdom of the ten tribes, commonly called Ephraim, because that was the most numerous of all. Moved — With fear, arising from a consciousness of their own guilt, and their enemies strength.
AND IT WAS TOLD THE HOUSE OF DAVID - That is, the royal family; or the king and princes; the government. Ahaz was the descendant and successor of David. SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM - Ephraim was...
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 HOUSE OF DAVID. Not to Ahaz only, but to the house which had received the promise of Jehovah's protection (2 Samuel 7). EPHRAIM. The leading tribe, put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part),...
_the house of David_ (Cf. Isaiah 7:13_; Isaiah 7:17_) either the court (ch. Isaiah 22:22) or the royal family (1 Samuel 20:16, &c.), which mus
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 was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. AND IT WAS TOL...
7:2 with (h-13) Or 'hath alighted upon.'...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
EPHRAIM] the popular name for the northern kingdom (Isaiah 9:8). HIS HEART WAS MOVED] i.e. the heart of king Ahaz, because of the formidable confederacy against him. Serious reverses suffered by Judah...
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...
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...
SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM. — Literally, _rests upon_ ... Ephraim stands, of course, as often elsewhere, for the northern kingdom of Israel as a whole. HIS HEART WAS MOVED. — There was a genera...
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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 was told the house of (b) David, saying, Syria is confederate with (c) Ephraim. And his heart was (d) moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind. (b...
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,...
2._And it was told the house of David. _He does not mean that, at the very time when the two kings were approaching to the city, the king received intelligence about the league; for it would not have...
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 WAS TOLD THE HOUSE OF DAVID,.... Ahaz, and his family, the princes of the blood, his court and counsellors; who had intelligence of the designs and preparations of the Syrians and Israelites ag...
_And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind._ Ver. 2. _And i...
_And it was told the house of David_ Ahaz and his royal relations and courtiers. He calls them _the house of David_, to intimate that the following comfortable message was sent to Ahaz, not for his ow...
And it was told the house of David, the reigning monarch of that line, in this case Ahaz, saying, SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM, depending upon the northern kingdom as a faithful ally, its armies...
GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM...
CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM: _ Heb._ resteth on 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...
THE HOUSE OF DAVID; Ahaz, and his royal relations and courtiers. He calls them _the house of David_, to intimate that the following comfortable message was sent to Ahaz, not for his own sake, but only...
Isaiah 7:2 told H5046 (H8714) house H1004 David H1732 saying H559 (H8800) Syrias H758 deployed H5117 ...
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...
EPHRAIM In the prophetic books "Ephraim" and "Israel" are the collective names of the ten tribes who, under Jeroboam, established the northern kingdom, subsequently called Samaria (1 Kings 16:24) and...
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 7:2 THE HOUSE OF DAVID. Because of God’s covenant with his forefather David, Ahaz can be confident of God’s protective care (see 2 Samuel 7:8;...
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...
1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 25:10;...