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The remainder of this chapter is a description of great desolation
produced by the invasion of the Assyrians. “Where there were a
thousand vines.” Where there was a valuable vineyard. In every
place,...
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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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SILVERLINGS. shekels: i.e. as rent. Compare Song of Solomon 8:11....
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EVERY PLACE SHALL BE, &C.— _Every vineyard that hath a thousand
vines, valued at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become in that day
briers and thorns._ Lowth....
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CALAMITY
TEXT: Isaiah 7:17-25
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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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And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be,
where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall
even be for briers and thorns.
WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VI...
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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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EVERY PLACE, etc.] RV 'every place, where there were a thousand vines
at a thousand silverlings, shall even be for briers and thorns.'
SILVERLINGS] i.e. pieces of silver, shekels; 1,000 shekels would...
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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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WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERLINGS. — The
words seem to contain an allusive reference to Song of Solomon 8:11,
and are therefore worth noting as bearing on the date of that bo...
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וְ הָיָה֙ בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֔וּא...
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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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_Pieces. Sicles. This was the price of the best vineyards, Canticle of
Canticles viii. 2. (Calmet) --- Now people may hunt in them. (Haydock)
--- The subjects of Achaz were much reduced. (Calmet)_...
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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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23._A thousand vines. _As to the opinion of those who think that
Isaiah here comforts believers, I pass it by without refutation; for
it is sufficiently refuted by the context, and the words plainly
d...
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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 IN THAT DAY; [THAT] EVERY PLACE SHALL
BE,.... Barren and unfruitful, for want of men to till the ground:
WHERE THERE WERE A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERLINGS; which
w...
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And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be,
where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall
[even] be for briers and thorns.
Ver. 23. _Where there were a...
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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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THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
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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...
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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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A THOUSAND VINES AT A THOUSAND SILVERINGS; or, _pieces of silver_, as
the same word is commonly rendered. Whereby we may understand either,
1. So many pounds; a pound for each vineyard, to wit, for t...
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Isaiah 7:23 day H3117 wherever H4725 thousand H505 vines H1612
thousand H505 silver H3701 briers H8068 thorns H7898...
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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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Hebrews 6:8; Isaiah 32:12; Isaiah 5:6; Jeremiah 4:26; Matthew 21:33;...
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Of silver — Each of the thousand vineyards might have been sold or
let for a thousand shekels, which was the yearly rent of some
excellent vineyards....