Isa 7:20 | JFB | STEP | 20. razor —The Assyrians are to be God's instrument of devastating Judea, just as a razor sweeps away all hair before it ( ). hired —alluding to Ahaz' hiring ( ) Tiglath-pileser against Syria and Israel; namely, by them beyond the river —namely, the Euphrates; the eastern boundary of Jewish geographical knowledge ( ); the river which Abram crossed; the Nile also may be included ( ) [G. V. SMITH ]. GESENIUS translates, "With a razor hired in the parts beyond the river. " head . . . feet —the whole body, including the most honored parts. To cut the "beard" is the greatest indignity to an Easterner ( ). . THE COMING DESOLATE STATE OF THE LAND OWING TO THE ASSYRIANS AND EGYPTIANS.

Isaiah 7:20

20. razor—The Assyrians are to be God's instrument of devastating Judea, just as a razor sweeps away all hair before it (Isa 10:5; Eze 29:19, 20).

hired—alluding to Ahaz' hiring (2Ki 16:7, 8) Tiglath-pileser against Syria and Israel; namely,

by them beyond the river—namely, the Euphrates; the eastern boundary of Jewish geographical knowledge (Ps 72:8); the river which Abram crossed; the Nile also may be included (Isa 7:18) [G. V. SMITH]. GESENIUS translates, "With a razor hired in the parts beyond the river."

head . . . feet—the whole body, including the most honored parts. To cut the "beard" is the greatest indignity to an Easterner (Isa 50:6; 2Sa 10:4, 5; Eze 5:1).

Isa 7:21-25. THE COMING DESOLATE STATE OF THE LAND OWING TO THE ASSYRIANS AND EGYPTIANS.