Isaiah 7:9

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the head of Ephraim - The capital city of Ephraim, or of Israel. Is Samaria - This was long the capital of the kingdom of Israel. For a d...
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 circums...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia for emphasis and to attract attention to the im...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Meanwhile (107) the head of Ephraim is Samaria. As it is a repetition by which he confirms what he formerly said, that God had set bo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thus saith the Lord God, &c.— We have in these verses the grounds of the consolation given to Ahaz, namely, the overthrow of this expedition; w...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. If...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The need of faith is emphasised; without it there is no security.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If ye will not believe... — The prophet reads the thoughts that were working in the king’s mind. He had no faith in these predictions terminating a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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 thes...
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 in...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I beg the Reader to remark with me, the Lord's tender mercy to his people. Surely in this history, as in a thousand others, the Apostle's words are f...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria ,..... Samaria was the metropolis or chief city of Ephraim, or the ten tribes of Israel: and the head of Sama...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is] Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. Ver...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It shall not stand Namely, their evil counsel. For the head of Syria is Damascus As if he had said, As Damascus is the head city of Syria, and Re...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Distress of Ahaz; Comfort Administered to Ahaz. B. C. 740....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Is Samaria; or rather, shall be Samaria ; and the sense is the same as in the foregoing verse, Samaria shall continue to be the chief city of the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Appeals to Ahaz Asking Him To Trust Him ( Isaiah 7:1-9 ). Syria and Israel, in seeking to join an alliance against Assyria, called on Judah to...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Rezin. .. and Pekah. .. went up toward Jerusalem to war against it The confederacy against Jerusalem The reason of this war is not stated: but...
The Biblical Illustrator

If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established Faith in the Divine Word and promises the alone ground of the believer’s establishment...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the head of Ephraim, its capital and stronghold, is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. The meaning of this somewhat enigmatic...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Samaria — Samaria shall continue to be the chief city if the kingdom of Israel, and Pekah shall not conquer Jerusalem. If — If you do not believe t...

⁹ And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 7:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 7:9