Verse 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 of these predictions was cheering voucher for the fulfilment of Isaiah’s prediction of the future Incarnate. In the thou of this verse, Isaiah has already slightly recommenced address to Ahaz on this message of mercy; he will now pour forth upon a message of woe woe to come from the very power on which he was relying, the king of Assyria.
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