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God's View of Your Problems
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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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 7:4
18th Century
Theologian
Take heed – Hebrew ‘Keep yourself;’ that is, from fear.
Neither be fainthearted – Hebrew, ‘Let not your heart be tender;’ that…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 7:4
19th Century
Bishop
Take heed, and be quiet ... —The prophet meets the fears of the king by words of comfort. The right temper for such a tim…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 7:4
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Isaiah 7:4
16th Century
Theologian
And you shall say to him The Hebrew word שמר (shamar,) which signifies to keep, is here put in the Hiphil; and the great…
John Gill
On Isaiah 7:4
17th Century
Pastor
And say unto him, take heed, and be quiet
Or "keep" yourself, not within the city, and from fighting with his enemie…
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 …