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Faith is Your Foundation
Commentators highlight the powerful wordplay in the original Hebrew, where the words for “believe” and “be established” share the same root. The message is a timeless principle: if you do not hold firm in your faith in God's promises, you cannot be held firm or made secure by Him. True stability amidst life's trials comes not from human strategies but from trusting God.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 7:9
18th Century
Theologian
And the head of Ephraim - The capital city of Ephraim, or of Israel.
Is Samaria - This was long the capital of the kingdom of …
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 7:9
19th Century
Bishop
If you will not believe ... —The prophet reads the thoughts that were working in the king’s mind. He had no faith in thes…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 7:5–9
19th Century
Preacher
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let …
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 7:9
16th Century
Theologian
Meanwhile the head of Ephraim is Samaria. As this is a repetition by which he confirms what he previously said—that God had set b…
John Gill
On Isaiah 7:9
17th Century
Pastor
And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria. Samaria was the metropolis or chief city of Ephraim, or the ten tribes of Israel: <…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 7:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Ungodly men are often punished by others as bad as themselves. Being in great distress and confusion, the Jews gave up all for lost. They had made …