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Isaiah 7:22

butter and honeybecome the staple food of the country; in normal circumstances they were only eaten as delicacies along with bread and flesh (Genesis 18:8; 2 Samuel 17:29). Immanuel is the representative of the young generation nourished on this frugal fare (Isaiah 7:15).

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See also Isaiah 7:22 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK ... - On account, or by means of the great quantity of milk. This image also denotes that the land should be desolate, and abandoned by its inhabitants. Such a range would th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ABUNDANCE OF MILK. Not because of the number of the cattle, but on account of the fewness of the people. BUTTER AND HONEY. Not corn and wine and oil. IN. in the midst of....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS— The prophet intends here to denote the extreme desertion of the land, and in consequence the great growth of the grass and food, which there shall not be sufficient cattle t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK (THAT) T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    7:22 butter; (c-19) butter (c-33) Or 'cream,' or 'curds.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The v. means there will be curds and wild honey, and nothing else....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֗ה מֵ רֹ֛ב עֲשֹׂ֥ות חָלָ֖ב יֹאכַ֣ל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And it shall come to pass, for the (x) abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. (x) The number of men will be s...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Land. Pastures shall be so large, (Menochius) though uncultivated, the greatest part of the inhabitants being removed._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    22._On account of the abundance of milk. _Some explain it thus: “there will scarcely be as much obtained from one cow as would be required for the food of a family;” for those who rear cattle do not f...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK [THAT] THEY SHALL GIVE,.... The cow and the two sheep, having large pastures, and few cattle to feed upon them, those few would give such abundance...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land._ Ver. 22. _For the abundance of mi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and it shall come to pass for the abundance of milk that they, the few animals left him, SHALL GIVE HE SHALL EAT BUTTER; FOR BUTTER AND HONEY, which was abundant in the wild state, SHALL EVERY ONE EAT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IN THE LAND: _ Heb._ in the midst of the land...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK THAT THEY SHALL GIVE; because they shall have excellent and large pastures, by reason of the great scarcity of cattle; whereas formerly their lands were ofttimes overstocked...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 7:22 abundance H7230 milk H2461 give H6213 (H8800) eat H398 (H8799) curds H2529 curds H2529 honey...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 7:1 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 17:29; Isaiah 7:15; Matthew 3:4...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Abundance — Because they shall have large pastures, by reason of the great scarcity of cattle. Butter — Which the poorer sort had formerly used to sell, to procure them cheaper food for themselves: bu...

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