ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:1 IN THE DAYS OF AHAZ is c. 735 B.C., when Ahaz has just begun his reign. REZIN THE KING OF SYRIA AND PEKAH THE SON OF REMALIAH THE KING OF ISRAEL. Syria and the northern kingdom of Israel (“Ephraim,” v. Isaiah 7:2) try to force the southern kingdom of Judah to join them agai... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:2 THE HOUSE OF DAVID. Because of God’s covenant with his forefather David, Ahaz can be confident of God’s protective care (see 2 Samuel 7:8; Psalms 89:3). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:3 ISAIAH 1:1 delivers God’s message that AHAZ does not need to FEAR... REZIN and Pekah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:7 Human threats are to be dismissed and divine promises firmly trusted, for THE LORD GOD rules all events. WITHIN SIXTY-FIVE YEARS. The northern kingdom fell to Assyria in 722 B.C. By around 670 B.C. the ethnic identity of the former kingdom would have been changed due to for... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:10 AHAZ, king of Judah, sees Syria and EPHRAIM (the northern kingdom) as a threat, even though the Lord has said Ahaz has nothing to fear from them. Though Ahaz is the heir of David’s throne, he has put his firm faith in the king of Assyria (v. Isaiah 7:9; see 2 Kings 16:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:14 THE LORD HIMSELF. The divine King offers a sign. The word translated VIRGIN refers specifically to a “maiden”—that is, a young woman who is unmarried and has not had a sexual relationship with anyone. Thus Matthew rightly applied this prophecy to the virgin birth of Christ... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:15 The threat from Syria and Ephraim will pass in less time than it takes for the BOY (possibly meaning “any boy”) to reach an age when he can REFUSE THE EVIL AND CHOOSE THE GOOD. In fact, Syria did fall to Assyria in 732 B.C. and Israel fell in 722. But the agent of delivera... [ Continue Reading ]