Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

Isaiah 7:¹ Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah
that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it (conquer it).

• Note: Ahaz did not do what was right in the Lord’s eyes although his son, Hezekiah would be a very righteous king.

Isaiah 7:² And it was told to the HOUSE OF DAVID, saying, “Syria’s forces are deployed (Lit. settled upon) in Ephraim.” So his (Ahaz’s) heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

Isaiah 7:³ Then the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son, Shear-Jashub (Lit. A Remnant Shall Return), at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,

Isaiah 7:⁴ and say to him: Take heed (Be careful), and be quiet (be calm); do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah (Pekah).

• “Stubs” of smoking firebrands (in this sense: troublemakers): (giving an illustration of the stub of a modern cigarette; they are smoking at the end phase of their trouble because God Will not allow this to continue.

Isaiah 7:⁵ Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah (Pekah) have plotted evil against you, saying,

• Using the phrase “the son of Remaliah” in the place of Pekah’s name is a slur to Pekah’s character: not even wanting to use his name.

Isaiah 7:⁶ “Let us go up against Judah and trouble it (cause a sickening dread), and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel (Tabeel/Tabeal)” —

 Isaiah 7:⁷ thus says the Lord God (‘ăḏōnāy yᵊhōvâ)

“It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.

Isaiah 7:⁸ For the head of Syria is Damascus,
And the head of Damascus is Rezin.

• Syria Damascus Rezin
• Ephriam Samaria Pekah

Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken (Lit. shattered),
So that it will not be a people.

Isaiah 7:⁹ The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son (Pekah).
If you will not believe,
Surely you shall not be established.” ’ ”

The Immanuel Prophecy

Isaiah 7:¹⁰ Moreover the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

Isaiah 7:¹¹ “Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God (Yᵊhōvâ ‘ĕlōhîm); ask it either in the depth or in the height above (Lit. make the request deep or make it high above).”

Isaiah 7:¹² But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ)!”

Isaiah 7:¹³ Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David (Judah)! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God (‘ĕlōhîm) also?

God Gives Ahaz His Sign: The Future Virgin Birth

Isaiah 7:¹⁴ Therefore the Lord (‘ăḏōnāy) Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel (Lit. God-With-Us).

Isaiah 7:¹⁵ Curds (milk) and honey He (Jesus, Son of God/Hezekiah, Son of Ahaz) shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.

• A land of milk and honey is the Promised Land God promised to the Jews.
  • Numbers 13:27 Then they told him and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
  • Ezekiel 20:6 “On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands.

• Who is the “He” of “He shall eat”? I believe a metaphor is born from this passage:

• There seems to be a comparison between Ahaz’s son, Hezekiah (Yahweh is my strength), and Jesus (God dwelling with man). Both are “very righteous kings”. Hezekiah delivered Judah from the Philistines (Palestinians) “as far as Gaza and its territory”, as will Jesus when He returns to earth as King of kings. Hezekiah purified and repaired the Temple, purged its idols, and reformed the priesthood. He attempted to reunite the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, as it will be during the millennium when Jesus reigns from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 7:¹⁶ For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings (Rezin and Pekah during Ahaz’s time).

• Scripture is written from God’s point of view describing the moving of spiritual forces. In this case perhaps comparing the spirits of Rezin and Pekah with possibly two similar leaders during the Seven-Year Tribulation which, until all prophecies are fulfilled, can only be speculation.

• THE END OF BOTH KINGS COMING AGAINST JUDAH DURING AHAZ’S TIME
  
  Ultimately, Rezin’s reign ended when Tiglath-Pileser III captured Damascus and executed him, as noted in II Kings 16:9: “So the king of Assyria (Tiglath-Pileser III) complied and attacked Damascus. He captured it and exiled its people to Kir, and he put Rezin to death.”
  
  Pekah’s reign ended in assassination, a common fate for many kings of Israel during this period.

The Prophecy Timeline Continues to run comparing End Times with Ahaz and the Seven-Year Tribulation ending with Jesus’ Return.

Isaiah 7:¹⁷ The Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah.”

• Comparison with the Seven-Year Tribulation:
  Matthew 24:²¹ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Isaiah 7:¹⁸ And it shall come to pass IN THAT DAY (wording used for the day of Return – symbolized by the Jewish Feast – Yom Kipper)

That the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ) will whistle (hiss) for the fly (zᵊḇûḇ, as the last part of Beelzebub ie Satan’s demons, literally “god of the flies”)
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee (systematic instincts of swarming) that is in the land of Assyria.

Isaiah 7:¹⁹ They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.

Isaiah 7:²⁰ In the same day the Lord (‘ăḏōnāy) will shave with a hired razor,
With those from beyond the River (The Euphrates), with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.

• The hired razor is Tigler-pileser III, King of Assyria who defeats Resin, King of Aram; During Resin’s reign, he was a tributary to King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria and at his defeat, Aram is absorbed by Assyria.
  
  Ahaz hires him with gold from the temple.

Isaiah 7:²¹ It shall be in that day
That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;

Isaiah 7:²² So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give,
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey, everyone will eat who is left (a remnant) in the land.

• Curds and honey are non-agricultural prosperous foods, but the land is decimated. Curds (clotted, or thick, milk) are called “butter/ghee”. A time of scarcity, not of plenty.
• If the cow or the sheep are killed and eaten (not kept alive) – there will be no more food for the future.

Isaiah 7:²³ It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
It will be for briers and thorns.

• Israel’s enemies are compared to thorns and briars. (thorns are symbolic of curses) (The root meaning of briers is to guard, watch for, build a hedge of thorns around for either a blessing to the one who is protected, or cursed for its desolation.)

Isaiah 7:²⁴ With arrows and bows men will come there,

• Bows: An archer: also translated as “rainbow” signifying a covenant/oath/promise/treaty. An arrow literally means “to divide”. During the Seven-Year tribulation the Antichrist (Syrian) “breaks” his peace treaty (covenant).
• A seeming metaphor: As in Ahaz’s time, also in the prophetic Tribulation.

Because all the land will become briers and thorns (filled with Israel’s enemies).

Isaiah 7:²⁵ And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen (cows)
And a place for sheep to roam.

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{2 of 5} Isaiah 7 – “Ahaz, Pekah, and Resin” [History vs. Prophecies]
{3 of 5} Isaiah 7 – “Little Miss Muffet” [Curds and Honey]
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