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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 7:20 - 7:20
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razor - The Assyrians are to be God’s instrument of devastating Judea, just as a razor sweeps away all hair before it (Isa 10:5; Eze 29:19, Eze 29:20).
hired - alluding to Ahaz’ hiring (2Ki 16:7, 2Ki 16:8) Tiglath-pileser against Syria and Israel; namely,
by them beyond the river - namely, the Euphrates; the eastern boundary of Jewish geographical knowledge (Psa 72:8); the river which Abram crossed; the Nile also may be included (Isa 7:18) [G. V. Smith]. Gesenius translates, “With a razor hired in the parts beyond the river.”
head ... feet - the whole body, including the most honored parts. To cut the “beard” is the greatest indignity to an Easterner (Isa 50:6; 2Sa 10:4, 2Sa 10:5; Eze 5:1).