Isaiah 7:20

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 devastating Judea, just as a razor sweeps away all hair before it (; ).

Hired - alluding to Ahaz' hiring (2 Kings 16:7) Tiglath, pileser against Syria and Israel. Compare . etc.; 29:19,20.

(Namely), by them beyond the river - namely, the Euphrates, the eastern boundary of Jewish geographical knowledge (); the river which Abram crossed. Gesenius translates, 'with a razor hired in the parts beyond the river.'

The head ... feet - the whole body, including the most honoured parts.

It shall also consume the beard. To cut the "beard" is the greatest indignity to an Eastern (; 2 Samuel 10:4; ).