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Verse Isaiah 7:18. _HISS FOR THE FLY_ - "Hist the fly"] Isaiah 5:26.
_EGYPT, AND - ASSYRIA._] Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, Pharaoh-necho, and
Nebuchadnezzar, who one after another desolated Judea....
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IN THAT DAY THE LORD SHALL HISS - see the note at Isaiah 5:26.
FOR THE FLY - That is, for the army, or the multitude of people. The
comparison of a numerous army with “flies” is not uncommon; see
Hom...
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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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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...
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RIVERS OF EGYPT. Reference to Pentateuch. Hebrew. _ye'or_. Twenty-nine
times in. Genesis and Exodus (only twice in plural. Exodus 7:19;
Exodus 8:5)....
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_the Lord shall hiss_ See ch. Isaiah 5:26. The comparison of the
Egyptians to flies and the Assyrians to bees is thoroughly
appropriate, Egypt being infested with swarms of flies (Isaiah 18:1),
while...
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THE LORD SHALL HISS FOR THE FLY, &C.— See the note on chap. Isaiah
5:26. It is not very strange, that languages should abound with
figures and metaphors, or that prophesies should contain parables and...
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CALAMITY
TEXT: Isaiah 7:17-25
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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...
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And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for
the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for
the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
THE LORD SHALL HIS...
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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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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 LORD SHALL HISS FOR THE FLY... — See for the phrase the Note on
Isaiah 5:26. The legions of Egypt are represented by the flies that
swarmed on the banks of the Nile (Exodus 8:24, and possibly Isai...
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וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא
יִשְׁרֹ֤ק יְהוָה֙ לַ † זְּב֔וּב
אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּ קְצֵ֖ה...
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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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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
a...
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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 shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for
the (r) fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt,
and for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.
(r) Meaning...
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_Of Egypt. The Idumeans, &c., dwell on the borders, chap. v. 26. Yet
many explain this of the victories of Nabuchodonosor and Nechas._...
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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...
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18._And it shall be in that day. _The Jews thought that the Assyrians
were bound by their league with them; but the Prophet ridicules this
folly, and declares that they will be ready at God’s bidding...
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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 SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY,.... the time when those evil
days before spoken of should take place:
[THAT] THE LORD SHALL HISS FOR THE FLY THAT [IS] IN THE UTTERMOST PART
OF THE RIVERS OF EG...
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And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for
the fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and
for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.
Ver. 18. _The L...
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_In that day_ Known to God, and appointed by him for the execution of
these judgments; _the Lord shall hiss for the fly_ The _flies_,
rather. Thus he calls these enemies, to signify either their great...
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THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
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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 em...
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IN THAT DAY; known to God, and appointed by him for the execution of
these judgments. SHALL HISS: SEE POOLE ON "ISAIAH 5:26". THE FLY; the
flies. So he calls these enemies, to imply either their great...
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Isaiah 7:18 day H3117 LORD H3068 whistle H8319 (H8799) fly H2070 part
H7097 rivers H2975 Egypt H4714 bee H1682 land H776 Assyria H804
hiss - Isaiah 5:26
fly - Isaiah 30:1-2, Isaiah 31:1;...
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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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_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 t...
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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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SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah
7-10:4).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 7:1
THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ AT THE TIME OF THE SYRO-ISRAELITISH WAR.
The Syro-Israelitish war is to...
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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 23:33; 2 Kings 23:34; Deuteronomy 1:44; Deuteronomy 7:20;
Exodus 8:21; Exodus 8:24; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 30:2; Isaiah 31:1;
Isaiah 5:26
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The fly — The flies. So he calls these enemies, to imply their great
numbers. In — In their extremity, where they go out into the sea.
Rivers — Of the river Nile, which may be called rivers, either fo...