Therefore the Lord himself, &c.— Therefore, &c. Behold a virgin conceives and bears a son, and she shall call, &c. Vitringa. There can be no doubt with Christians concerning the application of this text, when they refer to Matthew 1:22 where we shall have occasion to speak more largely concerning it.
Verse Isaiah 7:14. _THE LORD _- "JEHOVAH"] For אדני _Adonai, twenty-five_ of _Kennicott's_ MSS., _nine_ ancient, and _fourteen_ of _De Rossi's_, read יהוה _Jehovah_. And so Isaiah 7:20, _eighteen_ MSS...
THEREFORE - Since you will not “ask” a pledge that the land shall be safe, Yahweh will furnish one unasked. A sign or proof is desirable in the case, and Yahweh will not withhold it because a proud an...
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...
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...
THE LORD*. One of the 134 passages where Jehovah, in the primitive text, was altered by the _Sopherim_ to "Adonai". See App-32. A VIRGIN. Hebrew the virgin: i.e. some definite well-known damsel, whos...
The sign of Immanuel. See Additional Note at the end of this chapter. 14. _Therefore_ because of this act of unbelief. _the Lord himself_ The word is _Adonai_, as ch. Isaiah 6:1. _Behold, a virgin_ (L...
THE CHRIST Isaiah 7:10-16 TEXT: Isaiah 7:10-16 10 And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above. 12 But Aha...
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL GIVE YOU A SIGN - since thou w...
7:14 the (a-11) * Emphatic article. Immanuel. (b-25) Meaning, 'God ( _ El_ ) with us.' Matthew 1:23...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
A VIRGIN] The Hebrew word is not the distinctive one for virginity, but denotes rather one of maturing and marriageable age: cp. e.g. Genesis 24:43; Exodus 2:8. In the first place, this prophecy must...
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...
The name Immanuel means ‘God is with us’. The immediate meaning was that God was with Judah. So God would save Judah from the nations that opposed it. And this would happen while Isaiah’s own son was...
BEHOLD, A VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE, AND BEAR A SON... — Better, _behold, the young woman,_ or perhaps the _bride, shall conceive._ The first noun has the definite article in the Hebrew, and the word, tho...
לָ֠כֵן יִתֵּ֨ן אֲדֹנָ֥י ה֛וּא לָכֶ֖ם אֹ֑ות הִ
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...
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...
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...
Therefore the Lord (m) himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (m) Forasmuch as you are unworthy, the Lord for his own prom...
Virgin, halma, (Haydock) one secluded from the company of men. Alma in Latin signifies "a holy person," and in Punic "a virgin." The term is never applied to any but "a young virgin." If it meant a yo...
Reader! do not forget again, in the perusal of this most blessed scripture, to observe how the Lord takes occasion from man's unworthiness to magnify the riches of his grace. So, indeed, the Lord hath...
_AN UNBELIEVING KING_ ‘Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above,’ etc. Isaiah 7:10 I. ISAIAH IS DESIR...
14._Therefore the _Lord_himself shall give you a sign. _Ahaz had already refused the sign which the Lord offered to him, when the Prophet remonstrated against his rebellion and ingratitude; yet the Pr...
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...
THEREFORE THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL GIVE YOU A SIGN,.... Whether they would ask one or not; a sign both in heaven and earth, namely, the promised Messiah; who being the Lord from heaven, would take flesh...
_Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel._ Ver. 14. _Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign._] Gi...
_And he said, Hear now, O house of David_ The prophet no longer addresses himself to Ahaz singly, who would not regard his words, but to the whole royal family, all of whom he reproves, as being the k...
Therefore the Lord Himself, in a significant revelation of His almighty power, SHALL GIVE YOU A SIGN, cause a miracle to happen which would have abiding significance. BEHOLD, an exclamation calling at...
THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
A VIRGIN...SHALL CALL: Or, thou, O virgin, shalt call...
10-16 Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reprov...
THEREFORE; because you despise me, and the sign which I now offer to you, God of his own free grace will send you a more honourable messenger, and give you a nobler sign, to try whether that will cure...
Isaiah 7:14 Lord H136 give H5414 (H8799) sign H226 virgin H5959 conceive H2030 bear H3205 (H8802) Son...
THE MISERABLE FAILURE OF AHAZ AND GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HIS HOUSE (ISAIAH 7:10). We must not underestimate this incident. In this total turnabout of history in Israel's most crucial time, for it would det...
Isaiah 7:10 I. Isaiah is desired to offer Ahaz a sign either in the depth or the height. That the Jewish economy was in some sense an economy of signs we all admit. The Jewish prophet was to call the...
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...
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:...
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,...
_Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign_ GOD’S SIGN TO KING AHAZ Perhaps more perplexity has been produced among commentators by this passage than by any other in Old Testament prophecy. T...
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...
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 sexua...
IMMANUEL Isaiah 7:14. _And shall call His name Immanuel_. His being “called so,” according to the usual dialect of the Hebrew, does not signify so much that this should be His usual name, as that th...
THE VIRGIN’S SON Isaiah 7:13. _And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David, &c._ On this supremely difficult passage Dr. Kennicott preached a remarkable sermon before the University of Oxford, on the...
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...
SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 7:1 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ
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...
1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 4:21; 1 Timothy 3:16; Genesis 16:11; Genes
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...
Therefore — Because you despise me, and the sign which I now offer to you, God of his own free grace will send you a more honourable messenger, and give you a nobler sign. A sign — Of your deliverance...
Is this verse a prophecy about the virgin birth of Jesus Christ? PROBLEM: The prophecy of Isaiah 7:14 concerns the conception of a virgin and the bringing forth of a son whose name would be Immanuel....