John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:23
And it shall come to pass in that day; that every place shall be ,.... Barren and unfruitful, for want of men to till the ground: where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings ; which were so good, as to be sold or let out for so many silver shekels F13 Which was about two shillings and sixpence of our money. ; or the fruit of them came to such a price; see Song of Solomon 8:11 , it shall even be for briers and thorns ; for want of persons to stock the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:17-25
After the comfortable promises made to Ahaz as a branch of the house of David, here follow terrible threatenings against him, as a degenerate branch of that house; for though the loving-kindness of God shall not be utterly taken away, for the sake of David and the covenant made with him, yet his iniquity shall be chastened with the rod, and his sin with stripes. Let those that will not mix faith with the promises of God expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings. I. The judgment threatened... read more