Isaiah 7:4-25
Make sure <08104> [Take heed.]
be afraid .... intimidated <03372 07401> [fear not.]
intimidated <07401> [neither be faint-hearted. Heb. let not they heart be tender.]
two stubs <02180 08147> [the two tails.]
Syria <0758> [Syria.]
terrorize <06973> [vex. or, waken. lit. disgust. <\\See definition 06973\\>.]
leader ...... leader <07218> [For the head.]
Dr. Jubb transposes the former part of ver. 9, and renders, "Though the head of Syria be Damascus; and the head of Damascus Retzin; and the head of Ephraim be Samaria; and the head of Samaria Remaliah's son; yet within threescore and five years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people." This renders the passage perfectly clear; and the prophecy received its full accomplishment when Esarhaddon carried away the remains of the ten tribes.
sixty-five <08346> [within.]
nation <05971> [that it be not a people. Heb. from a people.]
leader ...... leader <07218> [the head.]
firm ....... secure <0539> [If ye, etc. or, ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable.]
<03068> [Moreover, etc. Heb. and the Lord added to speak.]
sign <0226> [a sign.]
Ask ................. miraculous <07592 06009> [ask it either in the depth. or, make thy petition deep.]
ask <07592> [I will not ask.]
test <05254> [neither.]
test <05254> [tempt.]
family <01004> [O house.]
insignificant <04592> [Is it a small.]
patience ...... why you are ..... patience <03811> [to weary.]
patience ...... why you are ..... patience <03811> [will ye.]
young woman <05959> [Behold.]
<07121> [shall call. or, thou, O virgin, shalt call.]
<0410> [Immanuel.]
sour milk <02529> [Butter.]
Connecting this verse with the preceding and following, we may render with Dr. Jubb and Lowth, "Behold the virgin ({h„ƒlmah,} as the word uniformly signifies, Ge 24:43. Ex 2:8. Ps 68:26. Pr 30:19. So 1:3; 6:8.) shall conceive and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Immanuel; butter and honey shall he eat when he shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good. For," etc.
know <03045> [know.]
child <05288> [before.]
land <0127> [the land.]
bring ..... people <0935 05971> [bring upon.]
time .... since <03117> [the day.]
whistle <08319> [hiss.]
flies <02070> [fly.]
bees <01682> [bee.]
crevices <05357> [in the holes.]
watering holes <05097> [bushes. or, commendable trees.]
shave <01548> [shave.]
head <07218> [head.]
man <0376> [a man.]
sour milk ................ sour milk ... honey <02529 01706> [butter and honey.]
land <0776> [land. Heb. midst of the land.]
thousand vines .... thousand <01612 0505> [a thousand vines.]
thorns <08068> [be for briers.]
graze <04916> [but it.]
