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 ====== Isaiah 7 ====== ====== Isaiah 7 ======
  
-7:1 ''​AND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.''​+  * [[Isaiah]]
  
-[[Ahaz]] is the king of Judah, [[Rezin]] is king of Syria, [[Pekah]] is the king of Israel (also called Ephraim in the chapter). ​ Israel and Syria formed an alliance and attacked Judah, but were unsuccessful. ​ See 2 Kings 16:5 for a similar account.+** Isaiah 7:1 **
  
-7:17 ''​¶ The LORD shall bring upon theeand upon thy peopleand upon thy father'​s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.''​+[[Ahaz]] is the king of Judah[[Rezin]] is king of Syria[[Pekah]] is the king of Israel (also called Ephraim in the chapter). ​ Israel and Syria formed an alliance and attacked Judah, but were unsuccessful. ​ See [[2 Kings 16|2 Kings 16:5]] for a similar account.
  
-The wording is a little hard to read.  The prophet is basically saying, "​Something far worse is coming ... the Assyrians." ​ "even the king of Assyria"​ is meant for dramatic emphasis.+** Isaiah 7:17 **
  
-7:19-25 ''​And they shall comeand shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.+The wording is a little hard to read.  The prophet is basically saying"​Something far worse is coming ... [[Assyria|the Assyrians]]." ​ "​even ​the king of Assyria"​ is meant for dramatic emphasis.
  
-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 feetand it shall also consume the beard.+** Isaiah 7:19-25 **
  
-21. And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;+Isaiah is describing what life will be like for the Israelites when the Assyrians ​come.  They will be everywhere (v19)the natives will be removed -- foreigners are providing services (20).  They will live and and eat simply (21-22). ​ You've never seen anything like what is coming (17).
  
-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.+----
  
-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. +  * [[Isaiah 6]] 
- +  * [[Isaiah 8]]
-24. With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. +
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-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.''​+
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