Isa 9:18-21 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Isa 9:18-21: 9:18-21 Following the decimation of leadership, civil war would destroy the nation like an out-of-control brushfire .

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‏ Isaiah 9:18-21

Summary for Isa 9:18-21: 9:18-21 ^a Following the decimation of leadership, civil war would destroy the nation like an out-of-control brushfire.
9:21 ^b Manasseh and Ephraim represent the northern kingdom as its largest tribes. The two largest tribes of Israel and Judah fought amongst themselves. This is probably a reference to the war between Judah and the alliance of Syria and Israel, which is commonly called the Syro-Ephraimite War (7:1-12 ^c). In that conflict, brothers savagely fought against brothers (2 Chr 28 ^d).