Bible Commentary

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. 25. a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings ] i.e. “silver shekels.” Schrader reckons the silver … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:25”

With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. 24. With arrows and with bows ] the weapons of the hunter (Gen 27:3). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges With arrows and with bows … – This is a continuation of the description of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:24”

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. 23. a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings ] i.e. “silver shekels.” Schrader reckons the silver shekel as equal to about half-a-crown of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:23”

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. 22. butter and honey become the staple food of the country; in normal circumstances they were only eaten as delicacies along with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:22”

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; 21, 22. The land having gone out of cultivation, the sparse population is reduced to the pastoral life of the desert. Cf. ch. Isa 5:14; Isa 5:17, Isa 32:12-14. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:21”

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. 20. A new figure for the degradation and impoverishment of Judah at the hands of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:20”

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. 19. The figure is kept up. desolate valleys ] rather, precipitous ravines (lit. “valleys of precipices”). upon all thorns bushes ] Render: upon all the thorn-bushes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:19”

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. 18. the Lord shall hiss ] See ch. Isa 5:26. The comparison of the Egyptians to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:18”

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. The Lord shall bring … – The prophet having assured Ahaz that his kingdom should be free from the invasion that then … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:17”

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. 16. The “for” seems to go back to Isa 7:14: he shall be called “God with us,” because whilst he is yet in infancy a signal deliverance shall be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 7:16”