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Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Isaiah 7:13

Is it a small thing?--Is it not enough for you (Numbers 16:9)? The allusion to "David" is in order to contrast his trust in God with his degenerate descendant Ahaz' distrust.

weary--try the patience of.

men--prophets. Isaiah as yet had given no outward proof that he was from God; but now God has offered a sign, which Ahaz publicly rejects. The sin is therefore now not merely against "men," but openly against "God." Isaiah's manner therefore changes from mildness to bold reproof.

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Ezekiel 6:9

 

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