1 Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah
10 Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign, and refusing it, hath for a sign, Christ promised
17 His judgment is prophesied to come by Assyria

the days 2Ki 16:1 2Ch 28:1-6

rezin Isa 8:6 2Ki 15:37 Ps 83:3-5

but could Isa 7:4-9 8:9,10

2 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.

the house Isa 7:13 6:13 37:35 2Sa 7:16 1Ki 11:32 12:16 13:2 Jer 21:12

is confederate with. Heb. resteth on Isa 7:17 11:13 2Ch 25:10 28:12 Eze 37:16-19 Ho 12:1

and his heart Isa 8:12 37:27 Le 26:36,37 Nu 14:1-3 De 28:65,66 2Ki 7:6,7 Ps 11:1 27:1,2 112:7,8 Pr 28:1 Mt 2:3

3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

go forth Ex 7:15 Jer 19:2,3 22:1

shear-jashub. that is. The remnant shall return Isa 6:13 10:21 55:7 Ro 9:27

the end Isa 36:2 2Ki 18:17 20:20

highway, or, causeway

4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

take heed Isa 30:7,15 Ex 14:13,14 2Ch 20:17 La 3:26

fear not Isa 8:11-14 35:4 41:14 51:12,13 Mt 10:28 24:6

neither be faint-hearted. Heb. let not they heart be tender De 20:3 1Sa 17:32

the two tails Isa 7:8 8:4 2Ki 15:29,30 Am 4:11

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Syria Ps 2:2 83:3,4 Na 1:11 Zec 1:15

6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

vex. or, waken

7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

Isa 8:10 10:6-12 37:29 46:10,11 Ps 2:4-6 33:11 76:10 Pr 21:30 La 3:37 Da 4:35 Ac 4:25-28

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

for the head. Dr. Jubb transposes the former part of ver. 9, and renders, Though the head of Syria be Damascus; and the head of Damascus Retzin; and the head of Ephraim be Samaria; and the head of Samaria Remaliah's son; yet within threescore and five years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people This renders the passage perfectly clear; and the prophecy received its full accomplishment when Esarhaddon carried away the remains of the ten tribes. 2Sa 8:6

within Isa 8:4 17:1-3 2Ki 17:5 Ezr 4:2

that it be not a people. Heb. from a people Ho 1:6-10

9 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.

the head 1Ki 16:24-29 2Ki 15:27

if ye, etc. or, ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable 2Ch 20:20 Ac 27:11,25 Ro 11:20 Heb 11:6 1Jo 5:10

10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

moreover, etc. Heb. and the Lord added to speak

11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

a sign Isa 37:30 38:7,8,22 Jud 6:36-40 2Ki 20:8-11 Jer 19:1,10 51:63,64 Mt 12:38-40 16:1-4

ask it either in the depth. or, make thy petition deep

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

I will not ask 2Ki 16:15 2Ch 28:22

neither Eze 33:31

tempt De 6:16 Mal 3:15 Ac 5:9 1Co 10:9

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

o house Isa 7:2 2Ch 21:7 Jer 21:12 Lu 1:69

is it a small Ge 30:15 Nu 16:9,13 Eze 16:20,47 34:18

to weary 2Ch 36:15,16 Jer 6:11

will ye Isa 1:24 43:24 63:10 65:3-5 Am 3:13 Mal 2:17 Ac 7:51 Heb 3:10

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

behold Ge 3:15 Jer 31:22 Mt 1:23 Lu 1:35

shall call. or, thou, O virgin, shalt call Ge 4:1,2,25 16:11 29:32 30:6,8 1Sa 1:20 4:21

Immanuel Isa 8:8 9:6 Joh 1:1,2,14 Ro 9:5 1Ti 3:16

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

butter. Connecting this verse with the preceding and following, we may render with Dr. Jubb and Lowth, Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Immanuel; butter and honey shall he eat when he shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good. for, etc. Isa 7:22 Mt 3:4

know Ps 51:5 Am 5:15 Lu 1:35 2:40,52 Ro 12:9 Php 1:9,10

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

before De 1:39 Jon 4:11

the land Isa 8:4 9:11 17:1-3 2Ki 15:29,30 16:9

17 The LORD shall 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 of Assyria.

bring upon Isa 8:7,8 10:5,6 36:1 37:1 2Ki 18:1 19:1 2Ch 28:19-21 32:1 33:11 36:6-20 Ne 9:32

the day 1Ki 12:16-19 2Ch 10:16-19

18 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.

hiss Isa 5:26

fly Isa 30:1,2 31:1 Ex 8:21,24 De 1:44 7:20 Jos 24:12 Ps 118:12

bee
is 7:17 2ki 23:33,34

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

in the holes Isa 2:19,21 2Ch 33:11 Jer 16:16 Mic 7:17

bushes. or, commendable trees

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 feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

shave Isa 10:6 2Ki 16:7,8 2Ch 28:20,21 Jer 27:6,7 Eze 5:1-4 29:18,20

head Isa 1:5 9:14-17 24:2

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

a man Isa 7:25 5:17 17:2 37:30 Jer 39:10

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

butter and honey Isa 7:15 2Sa 17:29 Mt 3:4

land. Heb. midst of the land

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

a thousand vines So 8:11,12 Mt 21:33

be for briers Isa 5:6 32:12-14 Jer 4:26 Heb 6:8

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

Ge 27:3

25 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 cattle.

but it Isa 7:21,22 13:20-22 17:2 Zep 2:6