And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. AHAZ. In the first years of his reign the design... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. AND IT WAS TOLD THE HOUSE OF DAVID (AHAZ AND HIS HOUSEHOLD), SAYING, SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM - is encamp... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; GO FORTH NOW TO MEET AHAZ - Go forth out of the city, to the place where Ahaz was superintending the works for defense, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. TAKE HEED, AND BE QUIET; FEAR NOT - i:e., see that thou be quiet (not seeking Assyrian aid in a fit of... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE SYRIA, EPHRAIM, AND THE SON OF REMALIAH, HAVE TAKEN EVIL COUNSEL AGAINST THEE, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: LET US GO UP AGAINST JUDAH, AND VEX IT - throw it into consternation (Gesenius) [nªqiytsenaah, from quwts (H6972), to affect with weariness]. Let us weary i... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. IT SHALL NOT STAND, NEITHER SHALL IT COME TO PASS - (; .)... [ Continue Reading ]
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. THE HEAD OF SYRIA (IS) DAMASCUS, AND THE HEAD OF DAMASCUS (IS) REZIN - i:e., in both Syria and Israel the capital shall remain as it is: th... [ Continue Reading ]
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. IF YE WILL NOT BELIEVE, SURELY YE SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED. There is a paronomasia, or play on the words in the, Hebrew, 'If ye, will not confide, ye shall n... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE LORD SPAKE AGAIN UNTO AHAZ, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. ASK THEE A SIGN OF (LITERALLY, FROM WITH-HEBREW, mee`im (H5973 ); CHALDAIC, FROM THE FACE OF) THE LORD THY GOD - since thou dost not credit the prophet's words. A SIGN - a miraculous token, to assure thee... [ Continue Reading ]
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. I WILL NOT ASK, NEITHER WILL I TEMPT THE LORD - hypocritical pretext of keeping the law (). "Tempt," i.e., put God to the proof, as in , by seeking His miraculous interposition without warrant. But here there was the warrant of the p... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? HEAR YE NOW, O HOUSE OF DAVID; (IS IT) A SMALL THING FOR YOU TO WEARY MEN, BUT WILL YE WEARY MY GOD ALSO? Is it not enough for you? (.) The allusion to "David" is in order to cont... [ Continue Reading ]
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 THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL GIVE YOU A SIGN - since thou wilt not ask a sign, nay, rejectest the offer of one. YOU - for the sake of the house of believing ... [ Continue Reading ]
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. BUTTER (Hebrew: chem'aah (H2529)) - rather, Curdled milk, the acid of which is grateful in the heat of the East (Job 20:17). AND HONEY SHALL HE EAT - i:e., he shall be fed with the usual food of children in... [ Continue Reading ]
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. FOR BEFORE THE CHILD SHALL KNOW TO REFUSE THE EVIL (HEBREW, IN RESPECT TO THE EVIL), AND CHOOSE THE GOOD (Hebrew, in respect to the good). The alarm as to t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL BRING UPON THEE, AND UPON THY PEOPLE, AND UPON THY FATHER'S HOUSE, DAYS THAT HAVE NOT COME, FROM THE DAY THAT EPHRAIM DEPARTED FROM JUDAH; EVEN THE KING OF ASSYRIA._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. THE LORD SHALL HISS-WHISTLE TO BRING BEES TO SETTLE (note, ). FOR THE FLY - found in numbers about the arms of the Ni... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. THEY ... SHALL REST - image of flies and bees kept up. ALL OF THEM IN THE DESOLATE VALLEYS - the enemy shall overspread the land everywhere, even in... [ Continue Reading ]
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. IN THE SAME DAY SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR. The Assyrians are to be God's instrument of devas... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; IN THAT DAY ... A MAN SHALL NOURISH - i:e., own. A YOUNG COW - a heifer giving milk. AND TWO SHEEP - a few sheep, or she-goats yielding milk. Agriculture shall cease, and the land become one great pas... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK (THAT) THEY SHALL GIVE - by reason of the wide range of land lying desolate over which the cows and sheep (i... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERLINGS, IT SHALL (EVEN) BE FOR BRIERS AND THORNS - where up to that time the... [ Continue Reading ]
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. WITH ARROWS AND WITH BOWS SHALL (MEN) COME THERE. It shall become a vast hunting-ground, abounding in wild beasts (cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. AND (ON) ALL HILLS THAT SHALL BE - rather, that were once. DIGGED - in order to plant and rear... [ Continue Reading ]