Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah march against Jerusalem in the days of Ahaz, and the house of David trembles like trees shaken by wind. Jehovah sends Isaiah, with his son Shear-jashub, to meet Ahaz at the conduit of the upper pool: the two invaders are only "two tails of smoking firebrands," and their plan to install the son of Tabeel will not stand: "if ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established." Ahaz refuses to ask a sign, so Jehovah gives one: the virgin conceives and bears a son named Immanuel (7:14, quoted of Christ in Matthew 1:23). Before the child knows to refuse evil and choose good, both threatening kings' lands lie forsaken; then Assyria comes, flies, bees, a hired razor, and a land of briers and thorns.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–9 Two Smoking Firebrands, and a King Whose Heart Shakes
B. 10–16 The Sign of Immanuel: God With Us
C. 17–25 The Razor Hired from Beyond the River

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Isaiah 86 verses
- Isaiah 8:4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 8:5The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,
- Isaiah 8:6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
- Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
- Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
- Isaiah 8:12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
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Isaiah 74 verses
- Isaiah 7:13And 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?
- Isaiah 7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
- Isaiah 7:21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
- Isaiah 7:22And 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.
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Isaiah 103 verses
- Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
- Isaiah 10:20And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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Isaiah 53 verses
- Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Isaiah 5:17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
- Isaiah 5:26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
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2 Kings 162 verses
- 2 Kings 16:1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
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Isaiah 92 verses
- Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 9:9And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
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Lamentations 32 verses
- Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
- Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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Isaiah 371 verse
- Isaiah 37:30And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
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