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AND ON ALL HILLS ... - All the fertile places in the mountains that
used to be cultivated with the spade. Vineyards were often planted on
the sides of hills; and those places were among the most produ...
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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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Further announcements (not addressed to Ahaz, but probably compiled
from fragments of several of Isaiah's prophecies) of the Assyrian
invasion (18 20) and its consequences (21 25)....
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The most costly vineyards, requiring the most sedulous cultivation,
are overrun by thorns and thistles, cf. ch. Isaiah 5:6....
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_a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings_ i.e. "silver shekels."
Schrader reckons the silver shekel as equal to about half-a-crown of
our money, which would make the price of the vineyard about £12...
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AND ON ALL HILLS— _And as to all the hills which used to be dressed
with a mattock, there shall no fence of briers and thorns come there;
but it shall let in oxen, and shall be trodden by the lesser c...
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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 on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall
not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for
the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattl...
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7:25 up (f-8) Lit. 'hoed.' see ch. 5.6....
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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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RV 'And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt
not come thither for fear of briers and thorns.' Vines were usually
grown on terraces on the hills of Palestine. LESSER CATTLE] RV
'...
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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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There are so many *thorn-bushes that the land is now only suitable for
cows and sheep.
JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital of the
country called Israel. During the time of Isaia...
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AND ON ALL HILLS THAT SHALL BE DIGGED... — Better, “_that are
digged”_ or _that used to be digged with the hoe._ The picture of
devastation is completed. On the hill-sides, every inch of which was
onc...
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וְ כֹ֣ל הֶ הָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּ †...
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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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And [on] (z) all hills that shall be dug with the mattock, there shall
not come there the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the
sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattl...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! let us pass over every lesser consideration, to attend to that
blessed and most important prophecy, contained in this chapter,
concerning the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ....
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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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25._And on all the hills that are dug with the hoe. _Here the Prophet
appears to contradict himself; for, having hitherto spoken of the
desolation of the land, he now describes what may be called a ne...
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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 [ON] ALL HILLS THAT SHALL BE DIGGED WITH THE MATTOCK,.... Which
could not be ploughed with a plough, but used to be dug with a mattock
or spade, and then sowed with corn:
THERE SHALL NOT COME THI...
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And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall
not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for
the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser catt...
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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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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 fe...
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THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
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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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THAT SHALL BE DIGGED; or, _that were digged_, to wit, formerly; that
used to be digged and dressed for the planting of vines, or other
choice fruit trees. THERE SHALL NOT COME THITHER THE FEAR OF BRIE...
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Isaiah 7:25 hill H2022 dug H5737 (H8735) hoe H4576 there H935 (H8799)
fear H3374 briers H8068 thorns...
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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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Isaiah 13:20; Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 7:21; Isaiah 7:22; Zephaniah 2:6...
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Digged — That used to be digged and dressed for the planting of
vines, or other choice fruit — trees. The fear — That they might
be freed from briars and thorns. Cattle — All sorts of cattle may
enter...