Isaiah 7:1-9
GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass in the days of Alias, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5; 2 Chronicles 28:5, THAT REZIN, THE KING OF SYRIA, AND PEKAH, THE SON OF REMALIAH, KING OF ISRAEL, who had formed an alliance, 2 Kings 15:37, WENT UP TOWARD JERUSALEM TO WAR AGA... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was told the house of David, the reigning monarch of that line, in this case Ahaz, saying, SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM, depending upon the northern kingdom as a faithful ally, its armies having joined Israel's forces to strengthen them, or being supported by them. AND HIS HEART WAS MOVE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Himself taking charge of affairs in this emergency, GO FORTH NOW TO MEET ALIAS, THOU AND SHEAR-JASHUB ("A remnant returns"), thy son, AT THE END OF THE CONDUIT OF THE UPPER POOL, one of the reservoirs where the water of the city was stored, Isaiah 36:2, IN THE HIGHWAY... [ Continue Reading ]
and say unto him, who was probably engaged in having the fortifications strengthened, TAKE HEED AND BE QUIET, perfectly unconcerned and without worry; FEAR NOT, NEITHER BE FAINT-HEARTED, literally, "and thy heart, not be it soft with despondency," FOR THE TWO TAILS OF THESE SMOKING FIRE-BRANDS, burn... [ Continue Reading ]
Because Syria, or Aram, WITH ITS CONFEDERATES, EPHRAIM, AND THE SON OF REMALIAH, the northern kingdom and its ruler, HAVE TAKEN EVIL COUNSEL AGAINST THEE, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
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 TABEAL, an unknown man, to be the vassal king of Judah, for such was the plan of the allies:... [ Continue Reading ]
thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, they would not carry out their plan, NEITHER SHALL IT COME TO PASS, since He Himself had decided to hinder it.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the head of Syria, its capital and metropolis, IS DAMASCUS, AND THE HEAD OF DAMASCUS IS REZIN; AND WITHIN THREESCORE AND FIVE YEARS SHALL EPHRAIM, the northern kingdom, which had relied upon Syria, BE BROKEN THAT IT BE NOT A PEOPLE, that it would cease to exist as a nation.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the head of Ephraim, its capital and stronghold, IS SAMARIA, AND THE HEAD OF SAMARIA IS REMALIAH'S SON. The meaning of this somewhat enigmatic saying is evidently this, that both Syria and the kingdom of Israel would be confined to the territory now occupied by them, since their schemes of conqu... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, the Lord, through the prophet Isaiah, SPAKE AGAIN UNTO AHAZ, who had not answered upon the consoling message of the Lord's messenger, since he had already made arrangements to get the assistance of Assyria, SAYING, in an earnest endeavor to have him place his trust in the help of the Lord,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED... [ Continue Reading ]
Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy God, this offer to perform a miracle being intended to confirm the promise just made; ASK IT EITHER IN THE DEPTH, in the underworld, in hell, OR IN THE HEIGHT ABOVE, in heaven. The Lord permitted Ahaz to attach his faith to a condition named by himself, so that every... [ Continue Reading ]
But Ahaz, in wicked unbelief and disgusting hypocrisy, SAID, I WILL NOT ASK, NEITHER WILL I TEMPT THE LORD. Having already decided upon enlisting Assyria's help, he rejected the offer of Jehovah with a hypocritical pretext. This was the very climax of obduration. When unbelief assumes the garments o... [ Continue Reading ]
And he, Isaiah, through whom the Lord was addressing the apostate king, SAID, HEAR YE NOW, O HOUSE OF DAVID, not only the present monarch being addressed, but all his followers as well: IS IT A SMALL THING FOR YOU TO WEARY MEN, making the prophet, who had labored so long and faithfully in trying to... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the Lord Himself, in a significant revelation of His almighty power, SHALL GIVE YOU A SIGN, cause a miracle to happen which would have abiding significance. BEHOLD, an exclamation calling attention to the extraordinary prophecy now following, A VIRGIN, literally, "the virgin," that certain... [ Continue Reading ]
Butter, the thick curdled milk, which is a favorite in the Orient, AND HONEY SHALL HE EAT, THAT HE MAY KNOW TO REFUSE THE EVIL AND CHOOSE THE GOOD, such would be His food beginning with the age of discretion and throughout His life, partaking, as a true human being, of the food of a desolate country... [ Continue Reading ]
For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, before He would reach the age of adolescence, THE LAND THAT THOU ABHORREST SHALL BE FORSAKEN OF BOTH HER KINGS, rather, "desolate will be the land, of the face of whose two kings thou hast a horror," the judgment of the Lord hav... [ 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, when the northern tribes seceded after the death of Solomon; EVEN THE KING OF ASSYRIA, this kingdom being here introduced as the representative of... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, at the time when He would send His judgment upon Judah, t HAT THE LORD SHALL HISS FOR THE FLY THAT IS IN THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE RIVERS OF EGYPT, the various canals of the Nile, AND FOR THE BEE THAT IS IN THE LAND OF ASSYRIA, calling them to come and do His b... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall come and shall rest, all of them, in the desolate valleys, rather, in the valleys of the declivities, AND IN THE HOLES OF THE ROCKS, in the clefts of the mountains, AND UPON ALL THORNS AND UPON ALL BUSHES, in all the rich meadow-lands, with the object of devouring and destroying every... [ Continue Reading ]
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, through an army which He placed in His service, to carry out His will, 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, the land being depopulated and th... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep, glad to have kept these animals, a small remnant of the herds which he formerly possessed; the land no longer being cultivated, the people took their recourse to stock-raising and dairying;... [ Continue Reading ]
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 THAT IS LEFT IN THE LAND, for that was the food of a land which had practically been turned into a... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, at the time when Jehovah's judgment would be carried out, THAT EVERY PLACE SHALL BE, WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERLINGS, valued at about 64 cents apiece, IT SHALL EVEN BE FOR BRIERS AND THORNS, which would overrun the former rich vineya... [ Continue Reading ]
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, to hunt wild beasts in the former orchards, BECAUSE ALL THE LAND SHALL BECOME BRIERS AND THORNS.... [ Continue Reading ]
And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, which ordinarily were hoed and cultivated, THERE SHALL NOT COME THITHER THE FEAR OF BRIERS AND THORNS, that is, no one will venture there for fear of not being able to cope with the thorns; BUT IT SHALL BE FOR THE SENDING FORTH OF OXEN, who wou... [ Continue Reading ]