Isaiah 7
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1It was during the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Aram, marched to attack Jerusalem. Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, joined in the attack, but they couldn't conquer the city.
2When the royal family of Judah was told,#7:2. “The royal family of Judah”: literally, “the house of David.” Also in verse 13. “Aram and Ephraim have an alliance,” Ahaz and his people were terrified and they shook like trees in the forest tossed about by the wind.
3Then the Lord told Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub#7:3. His name means “a remnant shall return,” with you and go and meet Ahaz. He'll be at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, by the road to the laundry field. 4Tell him, ‘Calm down and keep quiet. Don't be afraid or scared over a couple of smoldering bits of firewood, over the burning anger of Rezin and Aram, and of Remaliah's son. 5Aram has plotted to destroy you together with Ephraim and Remaliah's son saying, 6Let's go and attack Judah! We'll terrorize it and conquer it for ourselves, and make Tabeel's son its king.’”
7But this is what the Lord God says, “This plan won't materialize—it just won't happen! 8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin.#7:8. Suggesting that the plan was dependent merely on the ambition of one man. Similarly in following verse regarding Remaliah's son. In addition, within sixty-five years Israel#7:8. “Israel”: literally, “Ephraim,” the most prominent tribe of Israel. Also in the following verse. as a nation will be destroyed. 9The head of Israel is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you don't trust in me, then you won't survive.”#7:9. “If you don't trust in me, then you won't survive.” There is a play on words in Hebrew. “In me”: supplied for clarity.
10Later the Lord sent another message to Ahaz, 11“Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether as deep as where people are buried or as high as heaven.”
12“No, I'm not going to ask,” Ahaz replied. “I refuse to put the Lord to the test.”
13Then Isaiah said, “Listen, royal family of Judah! Isn't it enough for you to wear people out? Do you have to wear my God out too? 14This is why the Lord himself is going to give you a sign. Look! The virgin#7:14. “Virgin”: or “young woman.” The word used here is inclusive of both meanings. There is however a Hebrew word that exclusively means virgin but it is not used here, so the focus is not on the issue of viriginity. Matthew's reapplication of this prophecy should not blind us to its immediate application in the time of Ahaz. In this connection the rest of the prophecy should not be disregarded which in its immediate historical fulfillment (Isaiah 8) related to Isaiah's wife giving birth to a son. In her case she was not a virgin, since she had already given birth to a son previously. will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and she will call him Immanuel.#7:14. Immanuel means “God with us.” 15He will eat curds and honey until the time he knows to refuse evil and choose the good. 16For before the boy knows to refuse evil and choose the good, the land of the two kings#7:16. Referring to king of Aram and the king of Israel. you're afraid of will be deserted. 17The Lord will make you, your people, and the royal family experience a time unlike anything since the day Ephraim split from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria to attack you!”#7:17. “To attack you.” Supplied for clarity.
18At that time the Lord will whistle to call flies from the distant rivers of Egypt and bees from the country of Assyria.#7:18. Obviously referring to the kings of Egypt and Assyria. Their armies are referenced in the next verse. 19They will all come and descend on the steep valleys and rock crevices, on all the thorn bushes and waterholes.
20At that time the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave you from head to toe, including your beards.
21At that time someone who manages to keep a young cow and two sheep alive 22will eat curds, because they produce so much milk—for everyone who survives in the land will eat curds and honey.
23At that time everywhere that once had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will only have brambles and thorns. 24People will go hunting there with bows and arrows because the land will be covered with brambles and thorns. 25In fact, all the hills that were once tilled by the hoe you won't want to go to because you'll worry about the brambles and thorns there. They'll just be where cattle are let loose and where sheep roam.
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Isaiah 7
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Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz
1Now it came to pass in the days of #2 Chr. 28Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against #2 Kin. 16:5, 9it, but could not prevail against it. 2And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
3Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field, 4and say to him: ‘Take heed, and be #Ex. 14:13; Is. 30:15; Lam. 3:26quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah. 5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”—7thus says the Lord God:
#2 Kin. 16:5; Is. 8:10; Acts 4:25, 26“It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.
8#2 Sam. 8:6; 2 Kin. 17:6For the head of Syria is Damascus,
And the head of Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken,
So that it will not be a people.
9The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son.
#2 Chr. 20:20; Is. 5:24If you will not believe,
Surely you shall not be established.” ’ ”
The Immanuel Prophecy
10Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11#Matt. 12:38“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”
12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”
13Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: #Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31; John 1:45; Rev. 12:5Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear #(Is. 9:6)a Son, and shall call His name #Is. 8:8, 10Immanuel. 15Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16#Is. 8:4For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by #2 Kin. 15:30both her kings. 17#2 Chr. 28:19, 20; Is. 8:7, 8; 10:5, 6The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that #1 Kin. 12:16Ephraim departed from Judah.”
18And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord #Is. 5:26will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in #Is. 2:19; Jer. 16:16the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.
20In the same day the Lord will shave with a #Is. 10:5, 15hired #2 Kin. 16:7; 2 Chr. 28:20razor,
With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.
21It shall be in that day
That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
22So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give,
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.
23It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
#Is. 5:6It will be for briers and thorns.
24With arrows and bows men will come there,
Because all the land will become briers and thorns.
25And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.
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