Isaiah 7:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. ”

Isaiah 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land that thou abhorrest - The land concerning which thou art so much “alarmed or distressed;” that is, the united land of Syria and Ephraim. It is mentioned here as ‘the land,’ or as one lan...
Isaiah 7:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For before the (o) child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings. (o) Not meaning Christ, but any child: for before a chi...
Isaiah 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Encouraging Sign of Immanuel when he is Dismayed by the Alliance of Syria and Ephraim against him. For the historical circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1 , w...
Isaiah 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For before. This was the sign to Ahaz and all present. Compare the further sign, Isaiah 8:4 , and see App-101. child . sucking child. the land . the soil. abhorrest: or vexest. shall be f...
Isaiah 7:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Before the child shall know. Many have been led into a mistake by connecting this verse with the preceding one, as if it had been the same child that was mentioned. They suppose that it...
Isaiah 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Isaiah 7:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The land that thou abhorrest, &c.— Distressed shall be that land, whose two kings thou art afraid of, or distressed by. The learned Vitringa seems to have proved beyond any doubt, not only...
Isaiah 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil (...
Isaiah 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel.
Isaiah 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

F or before the child shall know... — The words imply the age of approaching manhood, and predict the downfall of Pekah and Rezin, as the longer period of Isaiah 7:8 predicted the entire downfall...
Isaiah 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V THE WORLD IN ISAIAH'S DAY AND ISRAEL'S GOD 735-730 B.C. UP to this point we have been acquainted with Isaiah as a prophet of general principles, preaching to his countrymen the element...
Isaiah 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Sign of Immanuel Isaiah 7:1-17 A new cycle of prophecy begins here, covering the reign of Ahaz. The complete history which illustrates these Chapter s is given in 2 Chronicles 28:5 . The i...
Isaiah 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately following this new call of the prophet, we have the account of his encounter with Ahaz. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel had entered into a confederacy against Judah, and a great fear p...
Isaiah 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I have separated this verse from the whole passage going before from an idea, (though I presume not to say I am right) that it is not connected with what is said concerning Christ, but as a sign to I...
Isaiah 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good ,.... This may be understood of Isaiah's child, Shearjashub, he had along with him, he was bid to take with him; and who there...
Isaiah 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. Ver. 16. For before the child. ] Hannagnar, this child...
Isaiah 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For before the child , &c. “The learned Vitringa,” says Dr. Dodd, “seems to have proved beyond any doubt, that the child spoken of in this verse can be no other than he who is spoken of in the p...
Isaiah 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Promise of Immanuel. B. C. 740. 10 Moreover the L ORD spake again unto Ahaz, sayi...
Isaiah 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For; or, yea ; for so this particle is used by way of amplification or addition, Isaiah 32:13 Jeremiah 14:5,18 . So the sense is, Not only this land of thine shall be preserved until the virg...
Isaiah 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Miserable Failure of Ahaz and God's Judgment On His House ( Isaiah 7:10-17 ). We must not underestimate this incident. In this total turnabout of history in Israel's most crucial time, for it...
Isaiah 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZ Isaiah 7:3-25 . Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, &c. In this interview of Isaiah with Ahaz we have an instance— I. Of God’s efforts to turn men from ruinous cour...
Isaiah 7:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 7:1-2 . And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towa...
Isaiah 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 7:1 . In the days of Ahaz, the second or the third year of his reign. Chapter s 5. and 6. are therefore out of place. Isaiah 7:6 . Let us go up against Judah and set a king in the midst...
Isaiah 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION IV . PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO - ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION Isaiah 7:1-23 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ AT THE TIME OF THE...
Isaiah 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Son of the Virgin Promised
Isaiah 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 15:29 ; 2 Kings 15:30 ; 2 Kings 16:9 ; Deuteronomy 1:39 ; Isaiah 17:1-3 ; Isaiah 8:4 ; Isaiah 9:11 ; Jonah 4:11
Isaiah 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yea — Not only this land shall be preserved until the virgin's son shall be born, but thine enemies land shall be sorely scourged, and these two kings destroyed within a very little time. This chil...

Isaiah 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 7:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 7:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes