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AND IT WAS TOLD THE HOUSE OF DAVID - That is, the royal family; or the
king and princes; the government. Ahaz was the descendant and
successor of David.
SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM - Ephraim was...
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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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THE HOUSE OF DAVID. Not to Ahaz only, but to the house which had
received the promise of Jehovah's protection (2 Samuel 7).
EPHRAIM. The leading tribe, put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of
Part),...
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_the house of David_ (Cf. Isaiah 7:13_; Isaiah 7:17_) either the court
(ch. Isaiah 22:22) or the royal family (1 Samuel 20:16, &c.), which
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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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And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with
Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the
trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
AND IT WAS TOL...
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7:2 with (h-13) Or 'hath alighted upon.'...
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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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EPHRAIM] the popular name for the northern kingdom (Isaiah 9:8). HIS
HEART WAS MOVED] i.e. the heart of king Ahaz, because of the
formidable confederacy against him. Serious reverses suffered by Judah...
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About this time, Assyria (northern Iraq today) was growing more and
more powerful. The rulers of Syria and Israel were worried that the
*Assyrians would soon attack them. So they tried to force Judah...
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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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SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM. — Literally, _rests upon_ ...
Ephraim stands, of course, as often elsewhere, for the northern
kingdom of Israel as a whole.
HIS HEART WAS MOVED. — There was a genera...
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וַ יֻּגַּ֗ד לְ בֵ֤ית דָּוִד֙ לֵ אמֹ֔ר
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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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And it was told the house of (b) David, saying, Syria is confederate
with (c) Ephraim. And his heart was (d) moved, and the heart of his
people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.
(b...
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If the Reader will consult the corresponding scripture, in the history
of the kings of Judah and Israel, he will find that a considerable
time had elapsed between the vision in the preceding chapter,...
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2._And it was told the house of David. _He does not mean that, at the
very time when the two kings were approaching to the city, the king
received intelligence about the league; for it would not have...
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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 WAS TOLD THE HOUSE OF DAVID,.... Ahaz, and his family, the
princes of the blood, his court and counsellors; who had intelligence
of the designs and preparations of the Syrians and Israelites ag...
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_And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with
Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the
trees of the wood are moved with the wind._
Ver. 2. _And i...
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_And it was told the house of David_ Ahaz and his royal relations and
courtiers. He calls them _the house of David_, to intimate that the
following comfortable message was sent to Ahaz, not for his ow...
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And it was told the house of David, the reigning monarch of that line,
in this case Ahaz, saying, SYRIA IS CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM,
depending upon the northern kingdom as a faithful ally, its armies...
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GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM...
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CONFEDERATE WITH EPHRAIM:
_ Heb._ resteth on Ephraim...
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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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THE HOUSE OF DAVID; Ahaz, and his royal relations and courtiers. He
calls them _the house of David_, to intimate that the following
comfortable message was sent to Ahaz, not for his own sake, but only...
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Isaiah 7:2 told H5046 (H8714) house H1004 David H1732 saying H559
(H8800) Syrias H758 deployed H5117 ...
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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 7:2 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;...
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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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PURPOSES AND PANICS
Isaiah 7:1. _And it came to pass, in the days of Ahaz the son of
Jotham, &c._
In this brief record of events [781] that occurred so long ago, we may
find suggestions of truths wh...
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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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1 Kings 11:32; 1 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 25:10;...
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David — Ahaz, and his relations. He calls them the house of David,
to intimate that the following comfortable message was sent to Ahaz,
not for his own sake, but for the sake of his worthy progenitor...