Isaiah 7-9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:4-6

Isaiah 7:4-6. Say unto him, Take heed— The consolatory part of this discourse, concerning the deliverance of the city, extends from this to the 17th verse: in which we have, first, a promise of the deliverance of Ahaz and the people of Jerusalem from the impending evil;—from this to the 10th verse. Secondly, A confirmation of the promise by a certain sign given to Ahaz in the name of God; Isaiah 7:10-17. The promise of deliverance contains, first, a consolatory declaration applied to Ahaz, to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:7-9

Isaiah 7:7-9. Thus saith the Lord God, &c.— We have in these verses the grounds of the consolation given to Ahaz, namely, the overthrow of this expedition; with an admonitory caution to the Jews. Vitringa renders the 8th and 9th verses, For Damascus shall be the head only of Syria, and Rezin the head of Damascus; and within sixteen years and five Ephraim shall be broken, and be no longer a people. Isaiah 7:9. And the head of Ephraim shall be Samaria, and the head of Samaria Remaliah's son.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:10-12

Isaiah 7:10-12. Moreover, the Lord spake, &c.— From the 10th to the 16th verse, we have the confirmation of the promise, by a sign to Ahaz in the name of God; in which we have, first, the prophet's address to Ahaz, exhorting him by the divine command to ask whatever sign he would; Isa 7:10-11 with the reply of Ahaz, Isaiah 7:12. And secondly, a declaration of God's good pleasure, to give an illustrious sign, which he offers rather to the true believers, than to a hypocritical and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:13

Isaiah 7:13. And he said, Hear ye now, &c.— The prophet here reproves the hypocrisy of the king; and informs him, that the contempt which he shewed of the offer, was not a contempt of him, but of God. See Acts 5:4. 1 Samuel 8:7. Luke 10:16. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:14

Isaiah 7:14. Therefore the Lord himself, &c.— Therefore, &c. Behold a virgin conceives and bears a son, and she shall call, &c. Vitringa. There can be no doubt with Christians concerning the application of this text, when they refer to Mat 1:22-23 where we shall have occasion to speak more largely concerning it. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:15

Isaiah 7:15. Butter and honey shall he eat, &c.— Cream and honey shall he eat, till, &c. The meaning of this verse is, that this child, called Immanuel, should be educated in the common method; the cultivated fields, unoccupied by the enemy, abundantly supplying all necessary food; and that thus he should grow up to maturity. The prophet is thought in these words to refer to the human nature of Jesus Christ. Butter and honey, or milk and honey, were a very common food of infants among... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:16

Isaiah 7:16. 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 propriety of the interpretation given above, but also that the child spoken of in this verse, can be no other than he who is spoken of in the preceding verses. The connecting particle for, and the repetition of the words, refusing the evil and choosing the good, evidently demonstrate that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:17

Isaiah 7:17. The Lord shall bring upon thee— The Lord [however] will bring, &c. Though the prophet in the name of God gives Ahaz and the people certain assurance of a deliverance from their present evil; yet, as Ahaz chose rather to confide in the king of Assyria than in the Lord of Hosts, the wretched consequences of that confidence are here set forth, from this verse to the end of the chapter; namely, the devastation and ruin which they should bring upon the land of Judah. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:18

Isaiah 7:18. The Lord shall hiss for the fly, &c.— See the note on chap. Isaiah 5:26. It is not very strange, that languages should abound with figures and metaphors, or that prophesies should contain parables and apt similitudes. What man, who knows any thing of language or letters, would expect otherwise? However, considering that the word hiss is apt to carry with it a low idea, one might with that our translators had chosen a less offensive word, which might but tolerably have expressed... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:19

Isaiah 7:19. In the desolate valleys, &c.— In the waste valleys, and in the holes of the rock, and upon all thorny grounds, and upon all the well-watered places. Schultens. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:4-6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:7-9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:10-12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:19

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