5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. …
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, Isa. 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well, sixteen years. All that time, no doubt, Isaiah prophesied as he was commanded, and yet we have not in this book any of his prophecies dated in the reign of Jotham; but this, which is put first, was in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham. Many excellent useful sermons…
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