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and say to him, Take heed, and be quiet; don`t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
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All the commentators highlight the powerful metaphor God uses. The two kings Ahaz fears are not blazing torches but "two tails of smoking firebrands." This means their power is nearly extinguished, their threat is fading, and they are almost burnt out. What seems like a raging fire to us is often just a puff of smoke from God's divine perspective.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Take heed – Hebrew ‘Keep yourself;’ that is, from fear.
Neither be fainthearted – Hebrew, ‘Let not your heart be tender;’ that…
19th Century
Anglican
Take heed, and be quiet ... —The prophet meets the fears of the king by words of comfort. The right temper for such a tim…
Baptist
And say to him,
The prophet is told the word he is to speak as well as the place where he is to deliver the message. Isaiah knew tha…
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16th Century
Protestant
And you shall say to him The Hebrew word שמר (shamar,) which signifies to keep, is here put in the Hiphil; and the great…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And say unto him, take heed, and be quiet Or "keep" yourself, not within the city, and from fighting with his enemie…
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 …
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13th Century
Catholic
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham. Here, the threat against the enemies of the two tribes is presented. …
