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Selected Verse: Isaiah 7:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 7:17 |
Strong Concordance |
The LORD [03068] shall bring [0935] upon thee, and upon thy people [05971], and upon thy father's [01] house [01004], days [03117] that have not come [0935], from the day [03117] that Ephraim [0669] departed [05493] from Judah [03063]; even the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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.
Even the king of Assyria - This was done in the following manner. Though the siege which Rezin and Pekah had undertaken was not at this time successful, yet they returned the year after with stronger forces, and with counsels better concerted, and again besieged the city. This was in consequence of the continued and increasing wickedness of Ahaz; Ch2 28:1-5. In this expedition, a great multitude were taken captives, and carried to Damascus; Ch2 28:5. Pekah at this time also killed 120,000 of the Jews in one day Ch2 28:6; and Zichri, a valiant man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of Ahaz. At this time, also, Pekah took no less than 200,000 of the kingdom of Judah, proposing to take them to Samaria, but was prevented by the influence of the prophet Oded; Ch2 28:8-15. In this calamity, Ahaz stripped the temple of its treasures and ornaments, and sent them to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, to induce him to come and defend him from the united arms of Syria and Ephraim. The consequence was, as might have been foreseen, that the king of Assyria took occasion, from this, to bring increasing calamities upon the kingdom of Ahaz. He first, indeed, killed Rezin, and took Damascus; Kg2 16:7.
Having subdued the kingdoms of Damascus and Ephraim, Tiglath-pileser became a more formidable enemy to Ahaz than both of them. His object was not to aid Ahaz, but to distress him Ch2 28:20; and his coming professedly and at the request of Ahaz, to his help, was a more formidable calamity than the threatened invasion of both Rezin and Pekah. God has power to punish a wicked nation in his own way. When they seek human aid, he can make this a scourge. He has kings and nations under his control; and though a wicked prince may seek earthly alliance, yet it is easy for God to allow such allies to indulge their ambition and love of rapine, and make them the very instruments of punishing the nation which they were called to defend. It should be observed that this phrase, 'even the king of Assyria,' is by many critics thought to be spurious, or a marginal reading, or gloss, that has by some means crept into the text. The ground of this opinion is, that it does not harmonize entirely with the following verse, where "Egypt" is mentioned as well as Assyria, and that it does not agree with the poetical form of the passage. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shall bring - But altho' God will deliver you at this time, yet he will requite all your wickedness. Thee - For part of this Assyrian storm fell in Ahaz's reign. And - Upon thy sons and successors, the kings of Judah. Days - Calamities. 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, Isa 10:5. |
20 And Tilgathpilneser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came [0935] unto him, and distressed [06696] him, but strengthened [02388] him not.
7 So Ahaz [0271] sent [07971] messengers [04397] to Tiglathpileser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], saying [0559], I am thy servant [05650] and thy son [01121]: come up [05927], and save [03467] me out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758], and out of the hand [03709] of the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which rise up [06965] against me.
8 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] carried away captive [07617] of their brethren [0251] two hundred [03967] thousand [0505], women [0802], sons [01121], and daughters [01323], and took also away [0962] much [07227] spoil [07998] from them, and brought [0935] the spoil [07998] to Samaria [08111].
9 But a prophet [05030] of the LORD [03068] was there, whose name [08034] was Oded [05752]: and he went out [03318] before [06440] the host [06635] that came [0935] to Samaria [08111], and said [0559] unto them, Behold, because the LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01] was wroth [02534] with Judah [03063], he hath delivered [05414] them into your hand [03027], and ye have slain [02026] them in a rage [02197] that reacheth up [05060] unto heaven [08064].
10 And now ye purpose [0559] to keep under [03533] the children [01121] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] for bondmen [05650] and bondwomen [08198] unto you: but are there not with you, even [07535] with you, sins [0819] against the LORD [03068] your God [0430]?
11 Now hear [08085] me therefore, and deliver [07725] the captives [07633] again, which ye have taken captive [07617] of your brethren [0251]: for the fierce [02740] wrath [0639] of the LORD [03068] is upon you.
12 Then certain [0582] of the heads [07218] of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669], Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Johanan [03076], Berechiah [01296] the son [01121] of Meshillemoth [04919], and Jehizkiah [03169] the son [01121] of Shallum [07967], and Amasa [06021] the son [01121] of Hadlai [02311], stood up [06965] against them that came [0935] from the war [06635],
13 And said [0559] unto them, Ye shall not bring in [0935] the captives [07633] hither: for whereas we have offended [0819] against the LORD [03068] already, ye intend [0559] to add [03254] more to our sins [02403] and to our trespass [0819]: for our trespass [0819] is great [07227], and there is fierce [02740] wrath [0639] against Israel [03478].
14 So the armed men [02502] left [05800] the captives [07633] and the spoil [0961] before [06440] the princes [08269] and all the congregation [06951].
15 And the men [0582] which were expressed [05344] by name [08034] rose up [06965], and took [02388] the captives [07633], and with the spoil [07998] clothed [03847] all that were naked [04636] among them, and arrayed [03847] them, and shod [05274] them, and gave them to eat [0398] and to drink [08248], and anointed [05480] them, and carried [05095] all the feeble [03782] of them upon asses [02543], and brought [0935] them to Jericho [03405], the city [05892] of palm trees [08558] [05899], to [0681] their brethren [0251]: then they returned [07725] to Samaria [08111].
6 For Pekah [06492] the son [01121] of Remaliah [07425] slew [02026] in Judah [03063] an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] in one [0259] day [03117], which were all valiant [02428] men [01121]; because they had forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of their fathers [01].
5 Wherefore the LORD [03068] his God [0430] delivered [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758]; and they smote [05221] him, and carried away [07617] a great multitude [01419] of them captives [07633], and brought [0935] them to Damascus [01834]. And he was also delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Israel [03478], who smote [05221] him with a great [01419] slaughter [04347].
1 Ahaz [0271] was twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] sixteen [08337] [06240] years [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]: but he did [06213] not that which was right [03477] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], like David [01732] his father [01]:
2 For he walked in [03212] the ways [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], and made [06213] also molten images [04541] for Baalim [01168].
3 Moreover he burnt incense [06999] in the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], and burnt [01197] his children [01121] in the fire [0784], after the abominations [08441] of the heathen [01471] whom the LORD [03068] had cast out [03423] before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
4 He sacrificed [02076] also and burnt incense [06999] in the high places [01116], and on the hills [01389], and under every green [07488] tree [06086].
5 Wherefore the LORD [03068] his God [0430] delivered [05414] him into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Syria [0758]; and they smote [05221] him, and carried away [07617] a great multitude [01419] of them captives [07633], and brought [0935] them to Damascus [01834]. And he was also delivered [05414] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Israel [03478], who smote [05221] him with a great [01419] slaughter [04347].
5 O [01945] Assyrian [0804], the rod [07626] of mine anger [0639], and the staff [04294] in their hand [03027] is mine indignation [02195].