7:14 Therefore the Lord {m} himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.(m) Forasmuch as you are unworthy, the Lord for his own promise sake will give a sign which will be that Christ the Saviour of his Church and the effect of all signs and miracles will be revealed. read more
7:15 {n} Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.(n) Meaning that Christ is not only God, but man also, because he will be nourished as other men until the age of discretion. read more
7:16 For before the {o} child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings.(o) Not meaning Christ, but any child: for before a child can come to the years of discretion, the kings of Samaria and Syria will be destroyed. read more
7:17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that {p} Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of {q} Assyria.(p) Since the time that the twelve tribes rebelled under Rehoboam.(q) In whom you have put your trust. read more
7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for the {r} fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.(r) Meaning, the Egyptians: for since the country is hot and moist, it is full of flies, as Assyria is full of bees. read more
7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all {s} bushes.(s) Signifying that no place will be free from them. read more
7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the {t} feet: and it shall also consume the beard.{t} That is, that which is from the belly downward meaning that he would destroy both great and small. read more
7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall {u} nourish a young cow, and two sheep;(u) He who before had a great number of cattle will be content with one cow and two sheep. read more
7:22 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 so small that a few beasts will be able to nourish all abundantly. read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 7:13
7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; [Is it] a small thing for you to weary {l} men, but will ye weary my God also?(l) You think you have to do with men when you contemn God’s messengers but it is God against whom you bend yourselves. read more