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The Prophet and His Day: Isaiah 1-39 - Free Bible Commentary

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3. Third paragraph4. Etc.BACKGROUND STUDYA. This literary unit (chapters 7-12) is often called “Immanuel’s Book” because the constanttheme is the marvelous child of the new age that will be born to deliver <strong>and</strong> restore the peopleof God.B. <strong>The</strong> setting of this passage is the historical events involved in the Syro-Ephraimate war about735-733 B.C. <strong>and</strong> the invasion of Syria <strong>and</strong> Palestine by Assyria under Tiglath-Pileser III (alsocalled Pul, cf. II Kgs. 15:19).1. chapters 7-10:4 are dated around 735 B.C. (days of Tiglath-Pileser III, 745-729 B.C.)2. chapters 10:5-34 are dated around 701 B.C. (days of Sennacherib, 705-681 B.C.)3. chapters 11:1-12:26 foreshadows the Messianic Age.C. This entire section deals with children as symbols of historical events1. <strong>Isaiah</strong>’s first child (Shear-Jashub), 7:32. the child as a sign to Ahaz, 7:14-163. <strong>Isaiah</strong>’s second child (Maher-shalal-hash-baz), 8:1,34. <strong>The</strong> Messiah as a child, 7:14; 9:6-7, 11:1-55. <strong>The</strong> children of the new age, 11:6-9D. Read the following parallel historical accounts1. chapter 7-10:4 read II Kings 16 <strong>and</strong> II Chronicles 282. chapter 10:5-34 read II Kings 18:17-20:11 <strong>and</strong> II Chronicles 32:9-24E. <strong>The</strong>re is a contrast between the lack of faith shown by King Ahaz <strong>and</strong> the faith shown by hisson, King Hezekiah (cf. 37:14-20,30). Remember that the main character in Scripture is God!He wants to be with <strong>His</strong> people (i.e., Immanuel) but their faith/trust is crucial!WORD PHRASE STUDYNASB (UPDATED) TEXT: 7:1-21Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah,that Rezin the king of Aram <strong>and</strong> Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalemto wage war against it, but could not conquer it. 2 When it was reported to the house of David,saying, "<strong>The</strong> Arameans have camped in Ephraim," his heart <strong>and</strong> the hearts of his people shook asthe trees of the forest shake with the wind.7:1 “in the days of Ahaz” Ahaz reigned from 735-715 B.C. <strong>The</strong> setting of this chapter is the invasionof Judah by both Syria <strong>and</strong> Israel because Judah would not participate in their military coalition againstAssyria.99

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