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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Isaiah 7:20

In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the (t) feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

(t) That is, that which is from the belly downward meaning that he would destroy both great and small.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 7:20. _THE RIVER_] That is, the Euphrates: הנהר _hanahar_. So read the _Septuagint_ and two MSS. _SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED_ - "JEHOVAH shall shave by the hired ra...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HIRED. By Ahaz himself....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A new figure for the degradation and impoverishment of Judah at the hands of Assyria. _In the same day_ IN THAT DAY. _with a rasor … river_ Better: WITH THE RAZOR HIRED BEYOND THE RIVER (Euphrates). T...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED, &C.— _Shall the Lord shave with that mercenary razor by them beyond the Euphrates,_ &c.—_And even the beard also shall be close shaven._ Schultens. The...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CALAMITY TEXT: Isaiah 7:17-25 17 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. I...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED] The reference is to Ahaz's policy of calling in the aid of Tiglath-pileser. Retribution would come through that very power on which Ahaz relied, and the land would be laid bare....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED. — Better, “with _the_ razor.” The words find a parallel in the “made him naked” of 2 Chronicles 28:19. The term “hired” applies to the tribute which Ah...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֡וּא יְגַלַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָי֩...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    20._The _Lord_will shave with a hired razor. _He now employs a different metaphor, and compares those enemies by whom the Lord had determined to afflict Judea at the appointed time, to _a razor_, by w...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IN THE SAME DAY SHALL THE LORD SHAVE WITH A RAZOR THAT IS HIRED,.... Meaning the Assyrian monarch, whom he would use as an instrument in his hand to spoil and cut off the people of the Jews; who is co...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. V...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord shall shave_ Shall utterly spoil, as shaving takes away the hair; _with a razor that is hired_ Hired by Ahaz; for he purchased the aid of the Assyrians with large sums of silver and gold, 2...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 7:20 day H3117 Lord H136 shave H1548 (H8762) hired H7917 razor H8593 beyond H5676 River H5104

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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