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Verse Isaiah 7:8. _FOR THE HEAD OF SYRIA, C._]
"Though the head of Syria be Damascus,
And the head of Damascus Retsin
Yet within _threescore_ and _five_ years
Ephraim shall be broken, that he be n...
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FOR THE HEAD OF SYRIA - The “capital.” The “head” is often
used in this sense.
IS DAMASCUS - For an account of this city, see the notes at Isaiah
17:1; compare the notes at Acts 9:2. The sense of this...
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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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ISAIAH GIVES AHAZ THE ENCOURAGING SIGN OF IMMANUEL WHEN HE IS DISMAYED
BY THE ALLIANCE OF SYRIA AND EPHRAIM AGAINST HIM. For the historical
circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1, which...
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_and within threescore and five years … people_ This clause is
suspicious on several grounds. (1) Because of its position; Ephraim
has not yet been mentioned, and a prophecy of its annihilation would...
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A confirmation of Isaiah 7:7; but the thought is difficult to grasp.
The general meaning seems to be that the league is an attempt to
obliterate the political distinctions which Jehovah has establishe...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, &C.— We have in these verses the grounds of
the consolation given to Ahaz, namely, the overthrow of this
expedition; with an admonitory caution to the Jews. Vitringa renders
t...
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II.
CRISIS AND THE CHRIST (IMMANUEL)
Chapter S 7 - 12
CHAPTER SEVEN
A. PROMISE OF IMMANUEL
1.
THE CRISIS Isaiah 7:1-9
TEXT: Isaiah 7:1-9
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And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz, the son of Joth...
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For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin;
and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it
be not a people.
THE HEAD OF SYRIA (IS) DAMASCUS, AND TH...
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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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WITHIN THREESCORE, etc.] We should probably regard this prophecy as
fulfilled when the power of the northern kingdom was finally broken by
the importation of foreigners under Esarhaddon (Ezra 4:2). On...
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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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THE HEAD OF SYRIA IS DAMASCUS... — The prediction of the failure of
the alliance is emphasised. Each city, Damascus and Samaria, should
continue to be what it was, the head of a comparatively weak kin...
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כִּ֣י רֹ֤אשׁ אֲרָם֙ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וְ
רֹ֥אשׁ דַּ
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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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THE SIGN OF IMMANUEL
Isaiah 7:1-17
A new cycle of prophecy begins here, covering the reign of Ahaz. The
complete history which illustrates these Chapter s is given in 2
Chronicles 28:5. The invasion...
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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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For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is]
Rezin; and within (h) sixty five years shall Ephraim be broken, that
it be not a people.
(h) Counting from the 25 years of the reign...
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_Rasin. Both the king and his capital shall be ruined. --- And five.
Capellus (p. 497.) would read six and five; or, in eleven years time.
But (Calmet) Ephraim was led captive twenty-one years after,...
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I beg the Reader to remark with me, the Lord's tender mercy to his
people. Surely in this history, as in a thousand others, the Apostle's
words are fulfilled: where sin abounded, grace did much more a...
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8._For the head of Syria is Damascus. _As if he had said, “Those two
kings shall have their limits, such as they have them now. They aspire
to thy kingdom; but I have set bounds to them which they sha...
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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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FOR THE HEAD OF SYRIA [IS] DAMASCUS,.... Damascus was the metropolis
of Syria, the chief city in it, where the king had his palace, and
kept his court; of which Genesis 15:2 Acts 9:2:
AND THE HEAD OF...
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For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is]
Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken,
that it be not a people.
Ver. 8. _For the head of Syria is Dama...
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_It shall not stand_ Namely, their evil counsel. _For the head of
Syria is Damascus_ As if he had said, As Damascus is the head city of
Syria, and Rezin is the head, or king, of Damascus, so shall the...
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GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM...
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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...
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THAT IT BE NOT A PEOPLE:
_ Heb._ from a people...
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1-9 Ungodly men are often punished by others as bad as themselves.
Being in great distress and confusion, the Jews gave up all for lost.
They had made God their enemy, and knew not how to make him th...
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IS DAMASCUS; or rather, _shall be Damascus_; for the verb is not
expressed in the Hebrew text, and therefore may be either way
supplied. The sense is, Damascus shall still continue to be the
capital a...
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Isaiah 7:8 head H7218 Syria H758 Damascus H1834 head H7218 Damascus
H1834 Rezin H7526 sixty-five H8346 H2568 years...
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GOD APPEALS TO AHAZ ASKING HIM TO TRUST HIM (ISAIAH 7:1).
Syria and Israel, in seeking to join an alliance against Assyria,
called on Judah to join them, and when Ahaz was reluctant, determined
to bri...
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Isaiah 7:1. And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham,
the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and
Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jer...
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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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_Rezin. .. and Pekah. .. went up toward Jerusalem to war against it_
THE CONFEDERACY AGAINST JERUSALEM
The reason of this war is not stated: but from the desire of those
kings to dethrone Ahaz, and...
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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 Assyr
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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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FEARS AND COMFORTS
Isaiah 7:1. _And it came to pass, in the days of Ahaz the son of
Jotham, &c._
The historical statements [778] in these verses afford illustrations
of spiritual truths.
[778] For...
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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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2 Kings 17:5; 2 Samuel 8:6; Ezra 4:2; Hosea 1:6; Isaiah 17:1;...
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THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH
Isaiah 7:5; _Isaiah 9:6_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ."
"We see no reason why the whole Bible is not a "revelat...
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Damascus — Damascus shall still continue the capital of the kingdom
of Syria; and therefore Jerusalem shall not become a part of Rezin's
dominion: but he shall keep within his own bounds, and be king...