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Isaiah 7:17

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The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Jehovah will 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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Isaiah 7

Commentary

10 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 17.) The Lord will bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon your father's house, days that have not come since the days of the separation of Ephraim from Judah, with the king of Assyria. This place should be read with hyperbaton. Finally, we too, following the Hebrew truth, have interpreted it as follows: O house of David, listen to what I say, that the land of Syria and Samaria may be abandoned by the face of the two kings whom you fear most greatly.

This site's exposition

The LORD will bring on you

on Isaiah 7:17-19

The sign turns to warning: a time unlike any since Ephraim split from Judah, when "He will bring the king of Assyria" against Ahaz's house. Ahaz had sought Assyria's help against Aram and Israel, and the power he leans on is the one the Lord now brings against him.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

For the one and the same Spirit of God, who proclaimed by the prophets what and of what sort the advent of the Lord should be, did by these elders give a just interpretation of what had been truly prophesied; and He did Himself, by the apostles, announce that the fulness of the times of the adoption had arrived, that the kingdom of heaven had drawn nigh, and that He was dwelling within those that believe on Him who was born Emmanuel of the Virgin.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 1274.

proposed

The Lord shall bring upon you. Here he sets out the threat against those who do not believe the sign. And first, he shows the gravity of the punishment; second, the order of punishment: and it shall come to pass in that day (Isa 7:18); …

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And - Upon thy sons and successors, the kings of Judah. Departed - When ten tribes revolted from thy father's house. The king - Who may well be called their plague or calamity, as he is called the rod of God's anger, chap. x, 5.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

) turns his speech to the king of Israel, denouncing God's judgments against him for invading Judah. But the expositors universally understand it of Ahaz and his kingdom.

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3 more voices on this verse

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Note, The longer men continue in sin the sorer punishments they have reason to expect. It is the Lord that will bring these days upon them, for our times are in his hand, and who can resist or escape the judgments he brings? The enemy that should be employed as the instrument of this judgment is the king of Assyria.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, ch. vi. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well, sixteen years. All that time, no doubt, Isaiah prophesied as he was commanded, and yet we have not in this book any of his prophecies dated in the reign of Jotham; but this, which is put first, was in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The Lord shall bring ... - The prophet having assured Ahaz that his kingdom should be free from the invasion that then threatened it, proceeds, however, to state to him that it would be endangered from another source. Thy father’s house - The royal family - the princes and nobles. Days that have not come - Times of calamity that have not been equalled. From the day that Ephraim departed from Judah - From the time of the separation of the ten tribes from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • יָבִ֨יאhe will bring

    yavi'H935 →2568 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עָלֶ֗יךָon you

    ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times

  • וְעַֽל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עַמְּךָ֮people your

    ʾamekhaH5971 →1873 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אָבִיךָ֒father your

    ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times

  • יָמִים֙days

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • בָ֔אוּthey have come

    vauH935 →2568 times

  • לְמִיּ֥וֹם<to> from [the] day

    lemiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • סוּר־departed

    sur-H5493 →299 times

  • אֶפְרַ֖יִםEphraim

    ʾefrayimH669 →180 times

  • מֵעַ֣לfrom with

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • אֵ֖ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַשּֽׁוּר׃ פAssyria

    ʾashurH804 →151 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 8:7–8the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.3 worksIsaiah 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.3 works2 Kings 17:21When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.3 worksNehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.2 works1 Kings 12:16–19When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,2 works2 Chronicles 32:1–33After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 10:16–19When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,2 works2 Chronicles 28:19–21For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.2 works2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.2 works2 Kings 18:1–19In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.2 worksIsaiah 36:1–22In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.2 works2 Chronicles 36:6–20Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.2 works2 Kings 16:8Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.2 works2 Kings 24:2And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.2 worksGenesis 48:19But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”2 worksHosea 5:3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.2 worksIsaiah 7:18On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.2 worksIsaiah 7:2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 9:32

    So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders,…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 7:9

      Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

    • Nehemiah 1:5

      Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

    • Micah 7:18–20

      Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

    • Daniel 9:8

      O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

    • Daniel 9:4

      And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Where this verse is studied

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Isaiah: the study guide →Read Isaiah 7 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Irenaeus, Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 21), Section 4; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.

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