Isaías 7:2

2 Informaram ao rei: “A Síria montou acampamento em^[a] Efraim”. Com isso o coração de Acaz e do seu povo agitou-se, como as árvores da floresta agitam-se com o vento.

Isaías 7:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David
Ahaz, and his family, the princes of the blood, his court and counsellors; who had intelligence of the designs and preparations of the Syrians and Israelites against them: saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim;
the ten tribes; or the kingdom and king of Israel. Some render it, "Syria led"; that is, its army "unto Ephraim" ^F25; marched it into the land of Israel, and there joined the king of Israel's army; others, as the Vulgate Latin version, "Syria rests upon Ephraim" ^F26; depends upon, trusts in, takes heart and encouragement from Ephraim, or the ten tribes, being his ally. The Septuagint version is, "Syria hath agreed with Ephraim"; entered into a confederacy and alliance with each other; which is the sense of our version; and is confirmed by the Targum, which is,

``the king of Syria is joined with the king of Israel:''

and his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the
trees of the wood are moved with the wind;
the metaphor denotes the strength and force of the confederate armies, comparable to a strong, blustering, boisterous wind; see ( Isaiah 32:2 ) ( Jeremiah 4:11 Jeremiah 4:12 ) and the weakness of the king and people of Judah, who were like to trees shaken by the wind; and also the fear they were possessed with, partly through consciousness of guilt, and partly through distrust of divine power and Providence; and also on account of what they had suffered already from these powerful enemies, when they attacked them singly; and therefore might much more dread them, as they were combined together against them; see ( 2 Chronicles 28:5-8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (hxn) "duxit exercitum", Tigurine version.
F26 "Syria quievit super Ephraim", Forerius, Cocceius; "Syria acquiescit in Ephraimo", Piscator.

Isaías 7:2 In-Context

1 Quando Acaz— filho de Jotão e neto de Uzias— era rei de Judá, o rei Rezim— da Síria— e Peca— filho de Remalias, rei de Israel— atacaram Jerusalém, mas não puderam vencê-la.

2 Informaram ao rei: “A Síria montou acampamento em Efraim”. Com isso o coração de Acaz e do seu povo agitou-se, como as árvores da floresta agitam-se com o vento.

3 Então o SENHOR disse a Isaías: “Saia e leve seu filho Sear-Jasube. Vá encontrar-se com Acaz no final do aqueduto do açude Superior, na estrada que vai para o campo do Lavandeiro.

4 Diga a ele: Tenha cuidado, acalme-se e não tenha medo. Que o seu coração não desanime por causa do furor destes restos de lenha fumegantes: Rezim, a Síria e o filho de Remalias.

5 “Porque a Síria, Efraim e o filho de Remalias têm tramado a sua ruína, dizendo:

Footnotes

• [a]. Ou "A Síria fez um acordo com"