Ελληνικό SiteIsaiah 8-10
- Ahaz’s unholy alliances with pagan nations spurred a prophetic message against such confederations.
- Ahaz’s sin gives occasion for God to announce the coming Messiah (Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6-7)
- Ahaz’s disobedience to the word of God gives occasion for the rule that only God’s law is truth (Isaiah 8:20)
Isaiah 7:14
14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6-7
6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 8:20
20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.