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Isaiah 7:21

Isaiah 7:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it shall come to pass in that day,.... Not in the days of Hezekiah, after the destruction of Sennacherib's army, when there followed great fruitfulness and plenty, Isa 37:30 as Kimchi and Jarchi…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In that day - In the time specified in the previous verses - in the judgments that should be brought upon the land by the Egyptians and Assyrians. A man shall nourish - Hebrew ‘Make to live:’ that is,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 7:17-25

After the comfortable promises made to Ahaz as a branch of the house of David, here follow terrible threatenings against him, as a degenerate branch of that house; for though the loving-kindness of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 7:21-22

The land having gone out of cultivation, the sparse population is reduced to the pastoral life of the desert. Cf. ch. Isa 5:14; Isa 5:17; Isa 32:12-14.

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