This translates as: I have brought upon them, even upon the mother of the young man, a spoiler, and so on. The word translated as “young m…

I have brought ... —Better, I have brought upon them, even upon the mother of the young warrior (that is, upon t…

He says first, Multiplied have been his widows; because the men had been almost all killed in battle. If the Prophet is the speaker, the p…

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas , &c.] Their husbands being slain; not in the times of Ahaz, when a hun…

The Lord declares that even Moses and Samuel must have pleaded in vain. The posing of this as a hypothetical situation, even if they were to stand …

Here, the prophet gives the reason for their rejection.

1. First, a question of wonder is presented, which excludes three things:

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