Isaiah 7:20
At that time the Lord will shave with a razor that was hired beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria— 1 the head and the hair of the legs; it will also sweep away the beard. 1
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21On that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 1
Cross References
2 Kings 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have attacked me.”
2 Chronicles 28:20Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came to him and troubled him instead of strengthening him.
Isaiah 8:7therefore the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. 1 It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks. 1
Isaiah 9:14Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. 1
Isaiah 10:15Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? 1 Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? 1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. 1
Isaiah 24:1Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants. 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:18-25
Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →