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A Hopeless Situation
Commentators set a dire scene for King Ahaz of Judah. He faced a joint invasion from King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel. Scholars like John Calvin note this was their second attack, coming after a previous defeat had already weakened Judah's army and morale. The two kings besieged Jerusalem, creating a crisis that, from a human perspective, seemed utterly hopeless.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 7:1
18th Century
Theologian
In the days of Ahaz - Ahaz began to reign about 738 years before Christ. By a comparison of 2 Kings 16:5 with [Reference 2 Chron…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 7:1
19th Century
Bishop
We may deal with it as though the Gospel of Saint Matthew had never been written, as though the facts which it records had no place in the history …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 7:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
They were tossed to and fro, bent, thrown down, as the trees of a forest in a tornado. They had already felt the power of these two confederate kin…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 7:1
16th Century
Theologian
And it came to pass. Here, a remarkable prophecy is related about the wonderful deliverance of Jerusalem when it appeared to have been utt…
John Gill
On Isaiah 7:1
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of
Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah…
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 …