Isaiah 7:6-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:1-9

The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, Isa. 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well, sixteen years. All that time, no doubt, Isaiah prophesied as he was commanded, and yet we have not in this book any of his prophecies dated in the reign of Jotham; but this, which is put first, was in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham. Many excellent useful sermons he preached which were not published and left upon record; for, if all that was memorable had been... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-16

Here, I. God, by the prophet, makes a gracious offer to Ahaz, to confirm the foregoing predictions, and his faith in them, by such sign or miracle as he should choose (Isa. 7:10, 11): Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; See here the divine faithfulness and veracity. God tells us nothing but what he is able and ready to prove. See his wonderful condescension to the children of men, in that he is so willing to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, Heb. 6:17. He considers... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:6

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it ,.... By besieging or distressing it; or "stir it up" to war, as Jarchi interprets it: and let us make a breach therein for us ; in the walls of the city of Jerusalem, and enter in at it; the Targum is, "let us join, and put it to us;' and so Jarchi, let us level it with us, as this valley, which is even: the sense may be, let us make a breach and division among them, and then part the kingdom between us F3 So Noldius, Elr. Concord. Part. p.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:7

Thus saith the Lord GOD, it shall not stand ,.... That is, the counsel they had taken against Judah to vex it, make a breach in it, and set a king of their own liking over it; so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render the words, "that counsel shall not stand"; the counsel of God shall stand, but not the counsel of men, when it is against him, Proverbs 19:21 , neither shall it come to pass ; or "shall not be"; so far from standing, succeeding, and going forward, till it is brought to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:8

For the head of Syria is Damascus ,.... Damascus was the metropolis of Syria, the chief city in it, where the king had his palace, and kept his court; of which See Gill on Genesis 15:2 , Acts 9:2 , and the head of Damascus is Rezin ; he was king of it, as of all Syria; the meaning is, that Syria, of which Damascus was the principal city, was the only country that Rezin should govern, his dominion should not be enlarged; and Ahaz, king of Judah, might assure himself that Rezin... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:9

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria ,..... Samaria was the metropolis or chief city of Ephraim, or the ten tribes of Israel: and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son ; Pekah, son of Remaliah, was king of Samaria, as of all Israel. The sense is, that, until the sixty five years were ended, there should be no enlargement of the kingdom of Israel; Judah should not be added to it; Samaria should continue, and not Jerusalem be the metropolis of it; and Pekah, during his life, should be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:10

Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz ,.... By the prophet Isaiah: saying ; as follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:11

Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ,.... For though Ahaz was a wicked man, yet the Lord was his God, as he was the God of the people of Israel in general, as a nation; and knowing his unbelief and diffidence of his word unto him, offers to confirm it by a sign or miracle: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above , in earth, or in heaven: so the Targum, "ask that a miracle may be done for thee upon earth, or that a sign may be shown thee in heaven;' either that the earth... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, I will not ask ,.... That is, a sign or miracle to be wrought; being unwilling to take the advice to be still and quiet, and make no preparation for war, or seek out for help from the Assyrians, and to rely upon the promise and power of God, and therefore chose not to have it confirmed by a sign; adding as an excuse, neither will I tempt the Lord , by asking a sign; suggesting that this was contrary to the command of God, Deuteronomy 6:16 so pretending religion and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:13

And he said ,.... That is, the Prophet Isaiah; which shows that it was by him the Lord spoke the foregoing words: hear ye now, O house of David ; for not only Ahaz, but his family, courtiers, and counsellors, were all of the same mind with him, not to ask a sign of God, nor to depend upon, his promise of safety, but to seek out for help, and provide against the worst themselves. Some think that Ahaz's name is not mentioned, and that this phrase is used by way of contempt, and as... read more

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