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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 7:1-9

The command to trust God 7:1-9This introductory segment provides the basic information about the historical situation that Judah faced, plus God’s command concerning that situation. Would King Ahaz face his threat from God’s perspective or from man’s? Would he trust in Yahweh or in soldiers? Would he exercise faith or resort to works? read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 7:7-9

In contrast to what the two enemy kings said (Isaiah 7:6), the sovereign God assured Ahaz that the evil that Judah’s enemies had planned for her would not materialize. By pointing out that the head of Syria was Damascus and the head of Damascus was Rezin, God was contrasting the limited sovereignty of Rezin with His own. This is also the point of His reference to the "son of Remaliah" being over Samaria, which was Ephraim’s capital. An additional point may be that these nations would remain as... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 7:1-25

1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel.1. See prefatory note to the section.2. Ephraim] the popular name for the northern kingdom (Isaiah 9:8-9). His heart was moved] i.e. the heart of king Ahaz, because of the formidable confederacy against him. Serious reverses suffered by Judah at this time are recorded in 2 Chronicles 28:5-15.3. Shear-jashub] i.e. ’a remnant shall return.’ Already in the reign of Ahaz the prophet had summed up the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 7:8

(8) The head of Syria is Damascus . . .—The prediction of the failure of the alliance is emphasised. Each city, Damascus and Samaria, should continue to be what it was, the head of a comparatively weak kingdom, and should not be aggrandised by the conquest of Judah and Jerusalem. There is an implied comparison of the two hostile cities and their kings with Jerusalem and its supreme King, Jehovah. Bolder critics, like Ewald, assume that a clause expressing that contrast has been displaced by... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 7:9

(9) If ye will not believe . . .—The prophet reads the thoughts that were working in the king’s mind. He had no faith in these predictions terminating at a date which he was not likely to live to witness. By look, or possibly by words, he showed his incredulity, and Isaiah offers to meet it, in the consciousness of a Divine power that will not fail him. From Heaven to Hades, Ahaz may take his choice. The method of giving a sign by predicting something in the near future as a pledge for... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 7:1-25

God with Us (Sunday after Christmas) Isaiah 7:14 I. We may well say first, that all our best Christmas thoughts are summed up in this word. We think of the Holy Child not simply as heaven's gift to the world, but as the coming down of heaven itself into the world. 'Lo, I am with you alway,' is the alpha and omega of the Incarnation. 'Immanuel, God with us!' That is the very meat and drink of our faith. The gift that came to the world that first Christmas morning has never been withdrawn for a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:1-25

CHAPTER VIKING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH735-732 B.C.Isaiah 7, 8, 9:1-8THIS section of the book of Isaiah (chapters 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies uttered during a period of at least three years: 735-732 B.C. By 735 Ahaz had ascended the throne; Tiglath-pileser had been occupied in the far east for two years. Taking advantage of the weakness of the former and the distance of the later, Rezin, king of Damascus, and Pekah, king of Samaria, planned an invasion of Judah. It... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 7:1-25

CHAPTER 7 The Prophet before King Ahaz 1. The king in trouble (Isaiah 7:1-2 ) 2. Isaiah sent and his message (Isaiah 7:3-9 ) 3. A sign offered and refused (Isaiah 7:10-12 ) 4. The sign: The virgin birth (Isaiah 7:13-16 ) 5. The advent of the Assyrian (Isaiah 7:17-25 ) Study carefully the historic setting of this chapter and2 Chronicles 28:1-27 7 . See lecture on “Messianic Predictions.” In verse 14 the virgin birth of Christ is announced. Much of the controversy is around the word... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 7:8

7:8 For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within {h} sixty five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.(h) Counting from the 25 years of the reign of Uzziah, at which time Amos prophesied this thing, and now Isaiah confirms that the Israelites would be led into perpetual captivity, which came to pass 20 years after Isaiah gave this message. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:1-25

JUDAH ’S ALLIANCE WITH ASSYRIA Syria and Israel menaced Judah through Jotham’s reign but the situation has become acute now that Ahaz is on the throne (Isaiah 7:1-2 ). THE PROMISED SIGN The Lord, through Isaiah, counsels and encourages the king at a crisis (Isaiah 7:3-16 ). Notice where the prophet is to meet Ahaz (Isaiah 7:3 ): where he and his military engineers may be conferring as to the water supply during the expected siege. Notice who accompanies the prophet, and his name, which... read more