Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 7:23
Of silver — Each of the thousand vineyards might have been sold or let for a thousand shekels, which was the yearly rent of some excellent vineyards.
Of silver — Each of the thousand vineyards might have been sold or let for a thousand shekels, which was the yearly rent of some excellent vineyards.
The remainder of this chapter is a description of great desolation produced by the invasion of the Assyrians. “Where there were a thousand vines.” Where there was a valuable vineyard. In every place,...
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...
SILVERLINGS. shekels: i.e. as rent. Compare Song of Solomon 8:11....
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 thousand vines at a thousand silverlings_ i.e. "silver shekels." Schrader reckons the silver shekel as equal to about half-a-crown of our money, which would make the price of the vineyard about £12...
The most costly vineyards, requiring the most sedulous cultivation, are overrun by thorns and thistles, cf. ch. Isaiah 5:6....
EVERY PLACE SHALL BE, &C.— _Every vineyard that hath a thousand vines, valued at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become in that day briers and thorns._ Lowth....
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...
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VI...
EVERY PLACE, etc.] RV 'every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall even be for briers and thorns.' SILVERLINGS] i.e. pieces of silver, shekels; 1,000 shekels would...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
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WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERLINGS. — The words seem to contain an allusive reference to Song of Solomon 8:11, and are therefore worth noting as bearing on the date of that bo...
וְ הָיָה֙ בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֔וּא...
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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...
_Pieces. Sicles. This was the price of the best vineyards, Canticle of Canticles viii. 2. (Calmet) --- Now people may hunt in them. (Haydock) --- The subjects of Achaz were much reduced. (Calmet)_...
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...
23._A thousand vines. _As to the opinion of those who think that Isaiah here comforts believers, I pass it by without refutation; for it is sufficiently refuted by the context, and the words plainly d...
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 SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY; [THAT] EVERY PLACE SHALL BE,.... Barren and unfruitful, for want of men to till the ground: WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERLINGS; which w...
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall [even] be for briers and thorns. Ver. 23. _Where there were a...
These verses “contain an elegant and very expressive description of a country depopulated, and left to run wild, from its adjuncts and circumstances; the vineyards and corn-fields, before well cultiva...
And it shall come to pass in that day, at the time when Jehovah's judgment would be carried out, THAT EVERY PLACE SHALL BE, WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERLINGS, valued at about...
THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
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...
A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERINGS; or, _pieces of silver_, as the same word is commonly rendered. Whereby we may understand either, 1. So many pounds; a pound for each vineyard, to wit, for t...
Isaiah 7:23 day H3117 wherever H4725 thousand H505 vines H1612 thousand H505 silver H3701 briers H8068 thorns H7898...
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:...
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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...
Hebrews 6:8; Isaiah 32:12; Isaiah 5:6; Jeremiah 4:26; Matthew 21:33;...