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Verse Isaiah 7:9. Isaiah 7:8....
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AND THE HEAD OF EPHRAIM - The capital city of Ephraim, or of Israel.
IS SAMARIA - This was long the capital of the kingdom of Israel. For a
description of this city, see the notes at Isaiah 28:1. The...
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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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IF YE WILL NOT BELIEVE, SURELY YE SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED. Note the
Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ for emphasis and to attract attention
to the importance of the sentence. Hebrew. _'im l'o tha'dminu,...
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A confirmation of Isaiah 7:7; but the thought is difficult to grasp.
The general meaning seems to be that the league is an attempt to
obliterate the political distinctions which Jehovah has establishe...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, &C.— We have in these verses the grounds of
the consolation given to Ahaz, namely, the overthrow of this
expedition; with an admonitory caution to the Jews. Vitringa renders
t...
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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 Jot...
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And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is
Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be
established.
IF YE WILL NOT BELIEVE, SURELY YE SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHE...
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7:9 established. (l-25) In the Hebrew for 'believe' and 'be
established,' there is an assonance greater than in _ confide_ and _
abide_ ....
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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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IF YE WILL NOT BELIEVE... — The prophet reads the thoughts that were
working in the king’s mind. He had no faith in these predictions
terminating at a date which he was not likely to live to witness....
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וְ רֹ֤אשׁ אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ שֹׁמְרֹ֔ון וְ
רֹ֥אשׁ שֹׁמְרֹ֖ון בֶּן ־רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ
אִ֚ם לֹ֣א תַאֲמִ֔ינוּ כִּ֖י לֹ֥א...
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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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_Continue. Septuagint, "and will not understand, even the Lord," &c.
(Haydock) --- Hebrew, "and since you do not believe," (Calmet) or
"because you are not confirmed" by a miracle. (Grotius)_...
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I beg the Reader to remark with me, the Lord's tender mercy to his
people. Surely in this history, as in a thousand others, the Apostle's
words are fulfilled: where sin abounded, grace did much more a...
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9._Meanwhile _(107) _the head of Ephraim is Samaria. _As it is a
repetition by which he confirms what he formerly said, that God had
set bounds to the kingdom of Israel for an appointed time, I have
r...
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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 THE HEAD OF EPHRAIM [IS] SAMARIA,..... Samaria was the metropolis
or chief city of Ephraim, or the ten tribes of Israel:
AND THE HEAD OF SAMARIA [IS] REMALIAH'S SON; Pekah, son of Remaliah,
was k...
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And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is]
Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be
established.
Ver 9. And the head of Samariah, Remaliah's son.] In con...
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_It shall not stand_ Namely, their evil counsel. _For the head of
Syria is Damascus_ As if he had said, As Damascus is the head city of
Syria, and Rezin is the head, or king, of Damascus, so shall the...
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GOD PROMISES HELP AGAINST SYRIA AND EPHRAIM...
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IF YE WILL NOT BELIEVE, SURELY YE SHALL NOT BE ESTABLISHED:
Or, do ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable...
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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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IS SAMARIA; or rather, _shall be Samaria_; and the sense is the same
as in the foregoing verse, Samaria shall continue to be the chief city
of the kingdom of Israel, and Pekah shall not conquer Jerusa...
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Isaiah 7:9 head H7218 Ephraim H669 Samaria H8111 head H7218 Samaria
H8111 Remaliahs H7425 son H1121 believe H539 (H8686) established H539
(H8735)...
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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 br...
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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
Je...
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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 7:7 Human threats are to be dismissed and
divine promises firmly trusted, for THE LORD GOD rules all events.
WITHIN SIXTY-FIVE YEARS. The northern kingdom fell to Assyria in 722...
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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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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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1 John 5:10; 1 Kings 16:24; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 2 Kings 15:27; Acts
27:11; Acts 27:25; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 11:20...
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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 "revela...
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Samaria — Samaria shall continue to be the chief city if the kingdom
of Israel, and Pekah shall not conquer Jerusalem. If — If you do not
believe this, but seek to the Assyrians for succour, ye shall...