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Text -- Isaiah 7:8-25 (NET)
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7:8 For Syria’s leader is Damascus , and the leader of Damascus is Rezin . Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation .
7:9 Ephraim’s leader is Samaria , and Samaria’s leader is the son of Remaliah . If your faith does not remain firm , then you will not remain secure .”
7:10 The Lord again spoke to Ahaz :
7:11 “Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God . You can even ask for something miraculous .”
7:12 But Ahaz responded , “I don’t want to ask ; I don’t want to put the Lord to a test .”
7:13 So Isaiah replied , “Pay attention , family of David . Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men ? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God ?
7:14 For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign . Look , this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son . You, young woman, will name him Immanuel .
7:15 He will eat sour milk and honey , which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right .
7:16 Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right , the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate .
7:17 The Lord will bring on you, your people , and your father’s family a time unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah – the king of Assyria !”
7:18 At that time the Lord will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria .
7:19 All of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs , and in the crevices of the cliffs , in all the thorn bushes , and in all the watering holes .
7:20 At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River , the king of Assyria , to shave the head and the pubic hair ; it will also shave off the beard .
7:21 At that time a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats .
7:22 From the abundance of milk they produce , he will have sour milk for his meals . Indeed , everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey .
7:23 At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers .
7:24 With bow and arrow men will hunt there , for the whole land will be covered with thorns and briers .
7:25 They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated , for fear of the thorns and briers . Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.
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NET Notes -> Isa 7:8; Isa 7:8; Isa 7:9; Isa 7:11; Isa 7:12; Isa 7:13; Isa 7:13; Isa 7:13; Isa 7:13; Isa 7:14; Isa 7:14; Isa 7:14; Isa 7:14; Isa 7:14; Isa 7:14; Isa 7:15; Isa 7:15; Isa 7:16; Isa 7:16; Isa 7:16; Isa 7:17; Isa 7:17; Isa 7:18; Isa 7:18; Isa 7:19; Isa 7:19; Isa 7:20; Isa 7:20; Isa 7:20; Isa 7:21; Isa 7:22; Isa 7:23; Isa 7:23; Isa 7:24; Isa 7:24; Isa 7:24; Isa 7:25; Isa 7:25; Isa 7:25
NET Notes: Isa 7:8 This statement is problematic for several reasons. It seems to intrude stylistically, interrupting the symmetry of the immediately preceding and follo...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:9 Heb “if you do not believe, you will not endure.” The verb forms are second plural; the Lord here addresses the entire Davidic family and ...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:11 Heb “Make it as deep as Sheol or make it high upwards.” These words suggest that Ahaz can feel free to go beyond the bounds of ordinary hu...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:12 Ahaz uses the verb נָסַה (nasah, “test”) in its negative sense of “challenge, provoke.” However,...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:13 The address to the “house of David” is designed to remind Ahaz and his royal court of the protection promised to them through the Davidic ...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:15 Heb “for his knowing.” Traditionally the preposition has been translated in a temporal sense, “when he knows.” However, though...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:16 Heb “the land will be abandoned, which you fear because of its two kings.” After the verb קוּץ (quts, “loath...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:17 Initially the prophecy appears to be a message of salvation. Immanuel seems to have a positive ring to it, sour milk and honey elsewhere symbolize pro...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:18 Swarming flies are irritating; bees are irritating and especially dangerous because of the pain they inflict with their sting (see Deut 1:44; Ps 118:1...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:19 The meaning of this word (נַהֲלֹל, nahalol) is uncertain; some understand this as referring to another type ...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:20 Heb “the hair of the feet.” The translation assumes that the word “feet” is used here as a euphemism for the genitals. See BDB...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:21 Heb “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the futur...
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NET Notes: Isa 7:22 The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated, see note on 2:2.
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