Isaiah 7:20

A new figure for the degradation and impoverishment of Judah at the hands of Assyria. In the same day In that day.

with a rasor … river Better: with the razor hired beyond the river (Euphrates). There may possibly be here an allusion to the "hiring" of Assyria by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:7 f.); if so the prophecy is almost certainly later than Isaiah 7:1.

the king of Assyria see on Isaiah 7:17.

and it shall also consume the beard and even the beard (the symbol of manly dignity) it shall take away.