Isaiah 7:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the. though the.

Damascus: which is soon to be spoiled.

Rezin:. firebrand soon to be quenched. He was the last independent king of Syria.

and. yet.

threescore and five years. To be made up thus: Ahaz 14. Hezekiah 29. Manasseh 22. 65 (13. 5). Fulfilled in 567-6 B.C.

that it be not. people. shall be no more. people. But Judah shall return (Isaiah 6:13).

Isaiah 7:8

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.