George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 7:6
Tabeel. Chaldean, "whom we shall think proper." He will not so much as name him.
Tabeel. Chaldean, "whom we shall think proper." He will not so much as name him.
AND VEX IT - Margin, ‘Weaken it.’ Probably the word means to throw into consternation or fear, by besieging it - “Gesenius.” AND LET US MAKE A BREACH THEREIN - Let us break down the walls, etc. AND...
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...
ISAIAH GIVES AHAZ THE ENCOURAGING SIGN OF IMMANUEL WHEN HE IS DISMAYED BY THE ALLIANCE OF SYRIA AND EPHRAIM AGAINST HIM. For the historical circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1, which...
VEX. terrify. THE SON OF TABEAL: i.e. Rezin, king of Syria....
The project of Rezin and Pekah is opposed to the purpose of Jehovah and shall come to nought. The verses form a single sentence, 5 and 6 being the protasis and 7 the apodosis....
_and vex it_ Rather FRIGHTEN IT (cf. Isaiah 7:16, where the _Qal_of the same verb means "cower"), unless we adopt a conjecture of Gesenius giving the sense "press it hard." The idea, however, is proba...
SAY UNTO HIM, TAKE HEED— The consolatory part of this discourse, concerning the deliverance of the city, extends from this to the 17th verse: in which we have, _first,_ a promise of the deliverance of...
II. CRISIS AND THE CHRIST (IMMANUEL) Chapter S 7 - 12 CHAPTER SEVEN A. PROMISE OF IMMANUEL 1. THE CRISIS Isaiah 7:1-9 TEXT: Isaiah 7:1-9 1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz, the son of Joth...
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 co...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
TABEAL] the name is Syrian, not Hebrew: see prefatory note....
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...
LET US MAKE A BREACH THEREIN FOR US... — The words imply an assault on the line of fortresses that defended Judah (2 Chronicles 26:9; 2 Chronicles 32:1). If they were won the issue of the war would be...
נַעֲלֶ֤ה בִֽ יהוּדָה֙ וּ נְקִיצֶ֔נָּה וְ נַבְ
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...
THE SIGN OF IMMANUEL Isaiah 7:1-17 A new cycle of prophecy begins here, covering the reign of Ahaz. The complete history which illustrates these Chapter s is given in 2 Chronicles 28:5. The invasion...
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...
Let us go up against Judah, and trouble it, and let us conquer it for ourselves and set a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of (g) Tabeal: (g) Who was an Israelite, and as it seems, enemy to th...
I beg the Reader to remark with me, the Lord's tender mercy to his people. Surely in this history, as in a thousand others, the Apostle's words are fulfilled: where sin abounded, grace did much more a...
6._Let us go up_. That is, _Let us make an invasion _ נקיצנה (_nekitzennah_) is rendered by some, _Let us distress _or _afflict_; which is also expressed by the derivation of the word. But in this con...
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...
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 Jerus...
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: Ver. 6. _Let us go up against Judah and vex it._] So they...
_Syria and Ephraim have taken evil_, or mischievous _counsel, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it_ Hebrew, נקיצנה, _harass, weary_, or _distress it; and make a breach therein_ Violently bre...
Let us go up against Judah and vex it, throw it into consternation, fill it with terror, AND LET US MAKE A BREACH THEREIN FOR US, take the capital, AND SET A KING IN THE MIDST OF IT, EVEN THE SON OF T...
GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM...
VEX: Or, waken...
1-9 Ungodly men are often punished by others as bad as themselves. Being in great distress and confusion, the Jews gave up all for lost. They had made God their enemy, and knew not how to make him th...
LET US MAKE A BREACH THEREIN; either, 1. Break and divide that country into two parts, one for time, and another for me; or rather, 2. Break their power and kingdom, and subdue it to ourselves: for,...
Isaiah 7:6 up H5927 (H8799) Judah H3063 trouble H6973 (H8686) gap H1234 (H8686) set H4427 ...
GOD APPEALS TO AHAZ ASKING HIM TO TRUST HIM (ISAIAH 7:1). Syria and Israel, in seeking to join an alliance against Assyria, called on Judah to join them, and when Ahaz was reluctant, determined to bri...
Isaiah 7:1. 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 Jer...
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:...
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,...
_Rezin. .. and Pekah. .. went up toward Jerusalem to war against it_ THE CONFEDERACY AGAINST JERUSALEM The reason of this war is not stated: but from the desire of those kings to dethrone Ahaz, and...
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...
FEARS AND COMFORTS Isaiah 7:1. _And it came to pass, in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, &c._ The historical statements [778] in these verses afford illustrations of spiritual truths. [778] For...
SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 7:1 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ
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...
Genesis 27:46; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 5:24...
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 7:5; _Isaiah 9:6_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "We see no reason why the whole Bible is not a "revelat...
Let us — Break their power and kingdom and subdue it to ourselves....