Isaías 7:4

4 Dile que deje de preocuparse; que no hay por qué temer a la ira feroz de esos dos tizones apagados que son Rezín, rey de Aram y Peka, hijo de Remalías.

Isaías 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:4

And say unto him, take heed, and be quiet
Or "keep" thyself, not within the city, and from fighting with his enemies, but from unbelief, fear, and dread; or, as the Septuagint version, "keep" thyself, "that thou mayest be quiet" ^F1; be easy, still, and silent, and see the salvation of God: the Jewish writers interpret the first word of resting and settling, as wine upon the lees: see ( Jeremiah 48:11 ) : fear not;
this explains the former: neither be fainthearted;
or "let thy heart soft" ^F2, and melt like wax, through dread and diffidence: for the two tails of these smoking firebrands:
meaning the two kings of Syria and Israel: and so the Targum,

``for these two kings, who are as smoking firebrands;''

a metaphor used to express the weakness of these princes, their vain wrath and impotent fury, and the short continuance of it; they being like to firebrands wholly burnt and consumed to the end; a small part remaining, which could not be laid hold upon to light fires or burn with, and that only smoking, and the smoke just ready to vanish. For the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of
Remaliah;
this shows who are meant by the two firebrands, Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah king of Israel; and what by the smoke of them, their fierce anger; which, though it seemed to threaten with utter destruction, in the opinion of Ahaz and his court, was only like the smoke of a firebrand burnt to the end, weak and vanishing.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (jqvhw rmvh) (fulaxai) , Sept.; "observa ut sis quieto animo", Vatablus.
F2 (Kry la) "ne mollescas", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Isaías 7:4 In-Context

2 A la corte real de Judá había llegado la siguiente noticia: «¡Aram se ha aliado con Israel
en contra de nosotros!». Por eso, el corazón del rey y el de su pueblo temblaron de miedo, como tiemblan los árboles en medio de una tormenta.

3 Entonces el Señor
dijo a Isaías: «Toma a tu hijo Sear-jasub
y ve al encuentro del rey Acaz. Lo encontrarás al final del acueducto que conduce el agua al estanque superior, cerca del camino que lleva al campo donde se lavan
las telas.

4 Dile que deje de preocuparse; que no hay por qué temer a la ira feroz de esos dos tizones apagados que son Rezín, rey de Aram y Peka, hijo de Remalías.

5 Es verdad que los reyes de Aram y de Israel han conspirado contra él diciendo:

6 “Atacaremos a Judá y lo conquistaremos y pertenecerá a nosotros. Después pondremos en el trono de Judá al hijo de Tabeel”.