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 cattle.
(z) The mountains contrary to their will, will be tilled by such as shall flee to them for comfort.
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...
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...
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...
SHALL BE DIGGED. should be digged (but were to go out of cultivation). SHALL NOT COME THITHER. thou wilt not come thither: i.e. venture to walk (without weapons, Isaiah 7:24) where thou wast wont to...
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)....
The most costly vineyards, requiring the most sedulous cultivation, are overrun by thorns and thistles, cf. ch. Isaiah 5:6....
_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...
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...
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...
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...
7:25 up (f-8) Lit. 'hoed.' see ch. 5.6....
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 '...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
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...
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...
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...
וְ כֹ֣ל הֶ הָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּ †...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 7:25 hill H2022 dug H5737 (H8735) hoe H4576 there H935 (H8799) fear H3374 briers H8068 thorns...
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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 13:20; Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 7:21; Isaiah 7:22; Zephaniah 2:6...
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...