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FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK ... - On account, or by means of the great
quantity of milk. This image also denotes that the land should be
desolate, and abandoned by its inhabitants. Such a range would th...
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CHAPTER 7
The Prophet before King Ahaz
1. _The king in trouble (Isaiah 7:1)_ 2. _Isaiah sent and his message
(Isaiah 7:3)_ 3. _A sign offered and refused (Isaiah 7:10)_ 4. The
sign: The virgin birth...
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THE DEVASTATION OF JUDAH. Probably an independent prophecy rather than
a continuation of Isaiah 7:2; it strikes a very different note. It may
belong to the same date, but may quite well be later. Disa...
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ABUNDANCE OF MILK. Not because of the number of the cattle, but on
account of the fewness of the people.
BUTTER AND HONEY. Not corn and wine and oil.
IN. in the midst of....
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Further announcements (not addressed to Ahaz, but probably compiled
from fragments of several of Isaiah's prophecies) of the Assyrian
invasion (18 20) and its consequences (21 25)....
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The land having gone out of cultivation, the sparse population is
reduced to the pastoral life of the desert. Cf. ch. Isaiah 5:14;
Isaiah 5:17; Isaiah 32:12-14....
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_butter and honey_become the staple food of the country; in normal
circumstances they were only eaten as delicacies along with bread and
flesh (Genesis 18:8; 2 Samuel 17:29). Immanuel is the represent...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS— The prophet intends here to denote the
extreme desertion of the land, and in consequence the great growth of
the grass and food, which there shall not be sufficient cattle t...
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CALAMITY
TEXT: Isaiah 7:17-25
17
Jehovah will 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...
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7:22 butter; (c-19) butter (c-33) Or 'cream,' or 'curds.'...
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1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from
Syria and Israel....
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The v. means there will be curds and wild honey, and nothing else....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 7
From now on in the Book of Isaiah, the names Israel and Eph...
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וְ הָיָ֗ה מֵ רֹ֛ב עֲשֹׂ֥ות חָלָ֖ב
יֹאכַ֣ל
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CHAPTER V
THE WORLD IN ISAIAH'S DAY AND ISRAEL'S GOD
735-730 B.C.
UP to this point we have been acquainted with Isaiah as a prophet of
general principles, preaching to his countrymen the elements of...
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A FOREIGN FOE-GOD'S INSTRUMENT
Isaiah 7:18-25; Isaiah 8:1-4
Ahaz, as we have seen, summoned the king of Assyria to his aid. This
policy, dictated by human prudence, was fraught with vast peril. He
an...
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Immediately following this new call of the prophet, we have the
account of his encounter with Ahaz. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel
had entered into a confederacy against Judah, and a great fear
po...
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And it shall come to pass, for the (x) 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.
(x) The number of men will be s...
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_Land. Pastures shall be so large, (Menochius) though uncultivated,
the greatest part of the inhabitants being removed._...
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After the Lord had given the unspeakably blessed promise, concerning
the coming of Christ, that his people in those degenerate times might
have comfort, he proceeds to his solemn threatenings: and mos...
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22._On account of the abundance of milk. _Some explain it thus:
“there will scarcely be as much obtained from one cow as would be
required for the food of a family;” for those who rear cattle do not
f...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7.
But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable
manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
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AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK [THAT] THEY SHALL
GIVE,.... The cow and the two sheep, having large pastures, and few
cattle to feed upon them, those few would give such abundance...
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_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._
Ver. 22. _For the abundance of mi...
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These verses “contain an elegant and very expressive description of
a country depopulated, and left to run wild, from its adjuncts and
circumstances; the vineyards and corn-fields, before well cultiva...
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and it shall come to pass for the abundance of milk that they, the few
animals left him, SHALL GIVE HE SHALL EAT BUTTER; FOR BUTTER AND
HONEY, which was abundant in the wild state, SHALL EVERY ONE EAT...
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THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
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IN THE LAND:
_ Heb._ in the midst of the land...
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17-25 Let those who will not believe the promises of God, expect to
hear the alarms of his threatenings; for who can resist or escape his
judgments? The Lord shall sweep all away; and whomsoever he e...
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FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF MILK THAT THEY SHALL GIVE; because they shall
have excellent and large pastures, by reason of the great scarcity of
cattle; whereas formerly their lands were ofttimes overstocked...
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Isaiah 7:22 abundance H7230 milk H2461 give H6213 (H8800) eat H398
(H8799) curds H2529 curds H2529 honey...
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GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON AHAZ AND JUDAH (ISAIAH 7:20).
God now declares certain judgment on Ahaz. Not only is his seed
permanently rejected, but, having rejected the authority of Yahweh, he
will now come...
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CONTENTS: Evil confederacy of Rezin and Jekah. The sign of the
Virgin's Son. Prediction of impending invasion of Judah.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ahaz, Rezin, Pekah, Isaiah, Shear-jashub.
CONCLUSION:...
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Isaiah 7:1. _In the days of Ahaz,_ the second or the third year of his
reign. Chapter s 5. and 6. are therefore out of place.
Isaiah 7:6. _Let us go up against Judah and set a king in the midst of
it,...
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_The Lord shall bring upon thee. .. even the king of Assyria_
THE PROPHECY FULFILLED
The calling in of Assur laid the foundation for the overthrow of the
kingdom of Judah not less than for that of th...
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A SENTENCE OF DOOM
Isaiah 7:17. _The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people,
&c._
I. GOD IS SOVEREIGN IN THE WHOLE EARTH. He is the great controller of
all nations. All governments are but i...
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ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZ
Isaiah 7:3. _Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, &c._
In this interview of Isaiah with Ahaz we have an instance—
I. OF GOD’S EFFORTS TO TURN MEN FROM RUINOUS COURSES. God is...
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SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah
7-10:4).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 7:1
THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ
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Now Uzziah is dead and his grandson Ahaz is reigning.
It came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of
Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin was the king of Syria, and Pekah
was the...
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2 Samuel 17:29; Isaiah 7:15; Matthew 3:4...
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Abundance — Because they shall have large pastures, by reason of the
great scarcity of cattle. Butter — Which the poorer sort had
formerly used to sell, to procure them cheaper food for themselves:
bu...