Jesaja 7:2

2 Und es wurde dem Hause David berichtet und gesagt: Syrien hat sich in Ephraim gelagert. Da bebte sein Herz und das Herz seines Volkes, wie die Bäume des Waldes vor dem Winde beben.

Jesaja 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.

Jesaja 7:2 In-Context

1 Und es geschah in den Tagen Ahas', des Sohnes Jothams, des Sohnes Ussijas, des Königs von Juda, da zog Rezin, der König von Syrien, und Pekach, der Sohn Remaljas, der König von Israel, nach Jerusalem hinauf zum Streit wider dasselbe; aber er vermochte nicht wider dasselbe zu streiten.

2 Und es wurde dem Hause David berichtet und gesagt: Syrien hat sich in Ephraim gelagert. Da bebte sein Herz und das Herz seines Volkes, wie die Bäume des Waldes vor dem Winde beben.

3 Und Jehova sprach zu Jesaja: Geh doch hinaus, dem Ahas entgegen, du und dein Sohn Schear-Jaschub, an das Ende der Wasserleitung des oberen Teiches, nach der Straße des Walkerfeldes hin,

4 und sprich zu ihm: Hüte dich und halte dich ruhig; fürchte dich nicht, und dein Herz verzage nicht vor diesen beiden rauchenden Brandscheitstümpfen, bei der Zornglut Rezins und Syriens und des Sohnes Remaljas.

5 Darum, daß Syrien Böses wider dich beratschlagt hat, Ephraim und der Sohn Remaljas und gesagt: