Isaiah 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the house of David. Not to Ahaz only, but to the house which had received the promise of Jehovah's protection (2 Samuel 7).

Ephraim. The leading tribe, put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for the rest of the ten tribes. Sometimes called "Samaria" (1 Kings 16:24).

His. i.e. Ahaz.

wind. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

Isaiah 7:2

2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederatea with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.