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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 7:16

before: Deuteronomy 1:39, Jonah 4:11 the land: Isaiah 8:4, Isaiah 9:11, Isaiah 17:1-Leviticus :, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 15:30, 2 Kings 16:9 Reciprocal: Isaiah 8:18 - I and the Isaiah 16:14 - three Isaiah 17:3 - fortress Isaiah 17:9 - General Philippians 1:10 - ye read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.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.A sign — Of your deliverance. But how was this birth, which was not to happen 'till many ages after, a sign of their deliverance from present danger? This promised birth supposed the preservation... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.Butter — The common food of children in that country.He — The virgin's son.Know — To discern between things good and evil. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 7:16

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.Yea — Not only this land shall be preserved until the virgin's son shall be born, but thine enemies land shall be sorely scourged, and these two kings destroyed within a very little time.This child — Shear-Jashub, whom in all probability the prophet pointed at, and who was brought hither by God's special command, verse3. for this very use.The land — The... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 7:14

14. The Lord himself Ahaz has refused to choose, and Jehovah will now present a “sign” of his own choosing. It will not be for Ahaz alone, but for the “house of David” and all believers in Judah. It will not be present and visible to the bodily eye, but will be vividly present to the eye of faith. It is the permanent “sign” of all past prophecy, type, and sacrifice furnished to God’s Israel the MESSIAH. And the permanent consolation of that “sign” is, that the “house of David” is... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 7:15

15. Butter and honey shall he eat The “butter” of the Old Testament was simply curdled milk. As Palestine was an easy region for cattle breeding, and wild bees were abundant and productive, so it was called “a land flowing with milk and honey.” These were the most easily procured foods for the common people, and the usual food for children. Hence it is but the ordinary children’s diet that is here specified for the child. Were it not that the amiable commentator, Albert Barnes, is so... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 7:16

16. Before the child The Incarnate ideally present. In briefer time than his growth requires. Land that thou abhorrest The combined territory of both Israel and Syria. Both are spoken of as one “land” because they were one against Judah. Both her kings Rezin, king of Syria, was slain by the king of Assyria about one year after the date of this prophecy. Pekah, king of Israel, was slain by Hoshea, who usurped the kingdom perhaps two years after this utterance. The immediate fulfilment... read more

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