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Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 7:1-16

Isaiah 7:1-Nehemiah : . Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Encouraging Sign of Immanuel when he is Dismayed by the Alliance of Syria and Ephraim against him.— For the historical circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1, which is derived from 2 Kings 16:5 and is out of chronological order, this section seems to have been written by an editor on the basis of Isaiah’ s autobiography (contrast the 1st person of the preceding chapter with the 3rd of this). The alarm, described in the picturesque... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:14

Therefore; because you despise me, and the sign which I now offer to you, God of his own free grace will send you a more honourable messenger, and give you a nobler sign, to try whether that will cure you of your infidelity. Or, nevertheless, as this particle seems to be understood, Isaiah 30:18; Jeremiah 16:14; Jeremiah 30:16. Although you deserve no sign nor favour, yet, for the comfort of those few believers which are among you, and to leave you without excuse, I shall mind you or another... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey; the common food of children in that Country, where they were in great abundance, and of the best sort. He; the virgin’s Son last mentioned, who, though he be God blessed for ever, yet shall become man, and, to show the truth of his humanity, shall not only be conceived and brought forth, but also shall be nourished and brought up, by the same means and steps as other children; which is justly mentioned here as a stupendous and miraculous work of God. That he may know; that by... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 7:3-25

ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZIsaiah 7:3-25. 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 great Lawgiver, and the Judge before whose bar all impenitent transgressors of His law will have to stand. Absolute inflexibility is necessarily His characteristic in both these capacities. But these are not the only capacities He seeks to sustain to us. It is His ambition to be the Saviour of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 7:13-16

THE VIRGIN’S SONIsaiah 7:13-16. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David, &c.On this supremely difficult passage Dr. Kennicott preached a remarkable sermon before the University of Oxford, on the 19th of May 1765. As this sermon is not readily accessible, I here give some extracts from it.Concerning these words there have been the four following opinions:—I. That the whole passage relates only to a son of Isaiah.II. That the whole passage relates only to CHRIST.III. That the whole passage... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 7:14

IMMANUELIsaiah 7:14. And shall call His name Immanuel.His being “called so,” according to the usual dialect of the Hebrew, does not signify so much that this should be His usual name, as that this should be His real character.I. Explain the meaning of this great and extraordinary title, IMMANUEL (cf. Isaiah 8:8 and Matthew 1:23). This title may be considered under a double reference, either, 1. To the constitution of His person; or, 2. To His office and actings as mediator. 1. It is one of the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 7:15

THE GREAT OBJECT OF CHILD-TRAINING(A Sunday-School Anniversary Sermon.)Isaiah 7:15. The child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.These words, taken above, form a complete sentence; yet they occur in the clause of a sentence which is intended to denote a space of time. Before the child which Isaiah held in his arms [820] should know the difference between right and wrong certain events would take place: in other words, before a space of four or five years at the most would... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-14

Isaiah 7:10-14 I. Isaiah is desired to offer Ahaz a sign either in the depth or the height. That the Jewish economy was in some sense an economy of signs we all admit. The Jewish prophet was to call the attention of his countrymen to these signs, to discover the signification of them. Our Lord laid down the whole doctrine upon this subject when the Pharisees sought a sign from Him. He had given them signs of healing, life-giving power proofs, that a present God was with them. But they wanted a... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey Indicating the plainness and simplicity of the life in which the young Immanuel should be brought up. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:1-25

Chapter 7Now 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 son of Remaliah, the king of Israel ( Isaiah 7:1 ),So Pekah was ruling in Israel. He had assassinated the previous king. And Syria and Israel, the Northern Kingdom, had confederated together to attack Judah, the Southern Kingdom. And so theycame up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but... read more

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