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and it will also remove the beard. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> In that day the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> In that day the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> In that day, the Lord will shave with a razor—one hired from regions beyond the River (that is, the king of Assyria)—the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard. <a href="/amp/isaiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In that day [when foreign armies swarm the land] the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from the regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), [that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard [leaving Judah stripped, shamed and scorned]. <a href="/csb/isaiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria —to shave the hair on your heads, the hair on your legs, and even your beards. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—to shave the head, the hair on the legs, and to remove the beard as well. <a href="/asv/isaiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard. <a href="/cev/isaiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Lord will pay the king of Assyria to bring a razor from across the Euphrates River and shave your head and every hair on your body, including your beard. <a href="/erv/isaiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, which is in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "On that day the Lord will hire the king of Assyria from beyond the Euphrates River to be a razor to shave the hair on your head, the hair on your legs, and even your beard. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> "When that time comes, the Lord will hire a barber from across the Euphrates--the emperor of Assyria!--and he will shave off your beards and the hair on your heads and your bodies. <a href="/isv/isaiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> At that time, the LORD will hire a barber to come from beyond the Euphrates River—that is, the king of Assyria—and he will shave your heads, your leg hair, and your beards, too. <a href="/msb/isaiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates?the king of Assyria?to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well. <a href="/net/isaiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; it will also shave off the beard. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In the same day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. <a href="/web/isaiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> In that day the Lord shaves, "" By a razor that is hired beyond the river, "" By the king of Asshur, "" The head, and the hair of the feet, "" Indeed, it also consumes the beard. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> In that day doth the Lord shave, By a razor that is hired beyond the river, By the king of Asshur, The head, and the hair of the feet, Yea, also the beard it consumeth. <a href="/slt/isaiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In that day shall Jehovah shave with a hired razor by those beyond the river, by the king of Assur, the head and the hair of the feet: and it also shall scrape off the beard.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs of the feet, and the whole beard. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> In that day, the Lord will shave with a razor the ones hired by those who are across the river, by the king of the Assyrians, from the head to the hairs of the feet, with the entire beard. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> On that day the Lord shall shave with the razor hired from across the River (the king of Assyria) the head, and the hair of the feet; it shall also shave off the beard. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> On that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will take off the beard as well.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> On that day shall the LORD shave with a sharp razor the region that is beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and he shall also shave off the beard. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In that day LORD JEHOVAH shall shave a drunkard with a razor at the crossing of the river with the King of Assyria, from his head and unto the hair of his feet, also he will remove his beard<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also sweep away the beard. <a href="/sep/isaiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/7-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1555" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/7.htm">Judgment to Come</a> …19And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes. 20<a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">On that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/8593.htm" title="8593: bə·ṯa·‘ar (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A razor, sheath. From arah; a knife or razor: also a scabbard.">will use a razor</a> <a href="/hebrew/7917.htm" title="7917: haś·śə·ḵî·rāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- That is hired. Feminine of sakiyr; a hiring.">hired</a> <a href="/hebrew/5676.htm" title="5676: bə·‘eḇ·rê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Region across or beyond, side. From abar; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially on the opposite side.">from beyond</a> <a href="/hebrew/5104.htm" title="5104: nā·hār (N-ms) -- A stream, river. From nahar; a stream; figuratively, prosperity.">the Euphrates—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: bə·me·leḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">of Assyria—</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1548.htm" title="1548: yə·ḡal·laḥ (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To be bald, shave, shave off. A primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. to shave; figuratively to lay waste.">to shave</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: hā·rōš (Art:: N-ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">your head</a> <a href="/hebrew/8181.htm" title="8181: wə·śa·‘ar (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Hair. Or sa.ar; from sa'ar in the sense of dishevelling; hair.">and the hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: hā·raḡ·lā·yim (Art:: N-fd) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">of your legs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5595.htm" title="5595: tis·peh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To sweep or snatch away, catch up. A primitive root; properly, to scrape together or away.">and to remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/2206.htm" title="2206: haz·zā·qān (Art:: N-cs) -- Beard, chin. From zaqen; the beard.">your beard</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">as well.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> 21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">2 Kings 18:13-16</a> In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. / So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. / Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/28-20.htm">2 Chronicles 28:20-21</a> Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him. / Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him. <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Isaiah 8:7-8</a> the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel! <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a> Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1</a> In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36-38</a> Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. <a href="/jeremiah/46-20.htm">Jeremiah 46:20</a> Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her. <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Ezekiel 5:1-2</a> “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair. / When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them. <a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11-12</a> So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria. / As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together. <a href="/hosea/10-6.htm">Hosea 10:6</a> Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols. <a href="/micah/1-16.htm">Micah 1:16</a> Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile. <a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15-16</a> So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-22</a> But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. <a href="/john/11-48.htm">John 11:48</a> If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” <a href="/acts/13-40.htm">Acts 13:40-41</a> Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you: / ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.shave<a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6</a> I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.<a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">2 Kings 16:7,8</a> So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me… <a href="/2_chronicles/28-20.htm">2 Chronicles 28:20,21</a> And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not… head<a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5</a> Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.<a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Isaiah 9:14-17</a> Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day… <a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Isaiah 24:2</a> And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/psalms/133-2.htm">Beard</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-5.htm">Beards</a> <a href="/psalms/74-5.htm">Blade</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-20.htm">Euphrates</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-9.htm">Head</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-20.htm">Legs</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-13.htm">Namely</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-27.htm">Price</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Razor</a> <a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Regions</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/psalms/105-41.htm">River</a> <a href="/judges/16-19.htm">Shave</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-7.htm">Sweep</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Beard</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-5.htm">Beards</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-16.htm">Blade</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Euphrates</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Head</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-14.htm">Hired</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-7.htm">Legs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-22.htm">Namely</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Price</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Razor</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-15.htm">Regions</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">River</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Shave</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Sweep</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 7</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/7-1.htm">Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah</a> 10. <a href="/isaiah/7-10.htm">Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign, and refusing it, has for a sign, Christ promised</a> 17. <a href="/isaiah/7-17.htm">His judgment is prophesied to come by Assyria</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>On that day This phrase indicates a specific time of judgment or fulfillment of prophecy. In the context of Isaiah, it often refers to a future event when God will act decisively. It is a reminder of God's sovereignty over time and history.the Lord will use a razor The imagery of a razor suggests humiliation and disgrace. In ancient times, shaving was often associated with shame or mourning. This metaphor indicates that God will use an instrument of judgment to bring about His purposes.hired from beyond the Euphrates The Euphrates River was a significant geographical boundary, representing the edge of the known world for the Israelites. The phrase implies that God will bring an external force, a foreign power, to execute His judgment. This highlights God's control over all nations and His ability to use them for His purposes.the king of Assyria Assyria was a dominant empire during Isaiah's time, known for its military might and brutality. The mention of the king of Assyria as God's instrument underscores the theme of God using even pagan nations to accomplish His will. Historically, Assyria was a threat to Israel and Judah, and its involvement fulfills the prophecy of judgment against them.to shave your head and the hair of your legs Shaving the head and body hair was a sign of extreme humiliation and subjugation. In the cultural context, it symbolized the stripping away of dignity and identity. This act represents the complete and utter defeat that Judah would face at the hands of Assyria.and to remove your beard as well In ancient Near Eastern culture, a beard was a symbol of manhood and honor. Removing it was a profound disgrace. This phrase emphasizes the totality of the humiliation and the depth of the judgment that would come upon the people. It serves as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God. This passage, while specific to the historical context of Isaiah's time, also serves as a broader reminder of God's sovereignty and the certainty of His judgment against sin. It foreshadows the ultimate deliverance and restoration that would come through Jesus Christ, who bore the shame and judgment on behalf of humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a> The sovereign God of Israel, who orchestrates events for His purposes. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_king_of_assyria.htm">The King of Assyria</a> A foreign ruler used by God as an instrument of judgment against Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/e/euphrates.htm">Euphrates</a> A major river in the ancient Near East, symbolizing the region from which Assyria would come. 4. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, facing the threat of Assyrian invasion. 5. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet delivering God's message to King Ahaz and the people of Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God uses even foreign powers to accomplish His purposes, demonstrating His control over all nations. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_humiliation.htm">Judgment and Humiliation</a> The act of shaving symbolizes humiliation and judgment, reminding us of the consequences of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a> Despite the dire circumstances, believers are called to trust in God's ultimate plan and His ability to bring about His purposes. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_historical_context.htm">Cultural and Historical Context</a> Understanding the cultural significance of shaving in ancient Israel helps us grasp the depth of the prophecy's impact. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> God's use of Assyria as a tool of judgment serves as a call to repentance, with the hope of eventual restoration for those who turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 7</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_shaving.htm">What are the Bible's teachings on shaving?</a> <a href="/q/2_kings_20_7__how_did_figs_cure_a_fatal_illness.htm">2 Kings 20:7: Why was a simple poultice of figs sufficient to cure a fatal illness if it was truly life-threatening?</a> <a href="/q/why_mention_sargon_ii_in_isaiah_20_1.htm">Why does Isaiah 20:1 reference Sargon II of Assyria if some scholars argue that the historical record of his campaign against Ashdod is unclear or contradicts biblical chronology?</a> <a href="/q/why_punish_babylon_if_god_used_it.htm">Jeremiah 51:7 calls Babylon a 'golden cup' in God's hand; if God used Babylon, why should the nation be punished?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) Shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired.--Better, "with the razor." The words find a parallel in the "made him naked" of <a href="/2_chronicles/28-19.htm" title="For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.">2Chronicles 28:19</a>. The term "hired" applies to the tribute which Ahaz was about to pay to Tilgath-pilneser. He thought that he was securing an ally: he was but hiring a razor (there is, perhaps, the implied thought that the razor is in other hands than his) that should sweep away all the signs of strength, and leave him an open shame and scorn to all who looked on him. (<a href="/2_samuel/10-4.htm" title="Why Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.">2Samuel 10:4</a>). From head to foot, not sparing even the beard, to maltreat which was the last extreme of Oriental outrage, he and his kingdom should be laid bare and naked to his enemies. Possibly there may be an allusive reference (Kay) to <a href="/leviticus/14-9.htm" title="But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.">Leviticus 14:9</a>. The nation, leprous in its guilt (<a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm" title="From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.">Isaiah 1:6</a>), needs the treatment which was prescribed for the leper.(21:22) A man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep . . .--Better, two ewes. Not only should cultivation cease, but the flocks and herds that had before been counted by hundreds or thousands should be counted now by units, two ewes and a heifer for a man's whole stock, and yet (we note the prophet's irony once more in the use of the word "abundance") even that should be enough for a population reduced in proportion. There should be "milk and honey" for the scattered remnant. They should have that, and nothing but that, to eat, ad nauseam usque. The words are grouped together with a grim irony as reminding men of the proverbial words of praise which spoke of Canaan as "a land of milk and honey" (<a href="/exodus/3-17.htm" title="And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.">Exodus 3:17</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - Shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired; rather, with the hired razor; i.e. the razor that Ahaz will have hired (<a href="/2_kings/16-8.htm">2 Kings 16:8</a>). The metaphor well expresses the stripping of the land bare by plunder and exaction (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Ezekiel 5:1, 12</a>, and <a href="/2_chronicles/28-19.htm">2 Chronicles 28:19-21</a>). God would use Tiglath-Pileser as his instrument to distress Ahaz. By them beyond the river; or, in the parts beyond the river (comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/19-16.htm">1 Chronicles 19:16</a>). "The river" is undoubtedly the Euphrates, and they who dwell beyond it the Assyrians. By the King of Assyria. Once more a gloss is suspected, as in ver. 17. The meaning would certainly be sufficiently plain without the clause. The head... the hair of the feet... the beard. These three represent all the hair on any part of the body. Judah is to be completely stripped. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/7-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On that הַה֡וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day the Lord אֲדֹנָי֩ (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord will use a razor בְּתַ֨עַר (bə·ṯa·‘ar) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8593.htm">Strong's 8593: </a> A knife, razor, a scabbard hired הַשְּׂכִירָ֜ה (haś·śə·ḵî·rāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7917.htm">Strong's 7917: </a> That is hired from beyond בְּעֶבְרֵ֤י (bə·‘eḇ·rê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5676.htm">Strong's 5676: </a> A region across, on the opposite side the Euphrates— נָהָר֙ (nā·hār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5104.htm">Strong's 5104: </a> A stream, prosperity the king בְּמֶ֣לֶךְ (bə·me·leḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Assyria— אַשּׁ֔וּר (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> Ashshur to shave יְגַלַּ֣ח (yə·ḡal·laḥ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1548.htm">Strong's 1548: </a> To be bald, to shave, to lay waste your head הָרֹ֖אשׁ (hā·rōš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head and the hair וְשַׂ֣עַר (wə·śa·‘ar) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8181.htm">Strong's 8181: </a> Hair of your legs, הָרַגְלָ֑יִם (hā·raḡ·lā·yim) Article | Noun - fd <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> A foot, a step, the pudenda and to remove תִּסְפֶּֽה׃ (tis·peh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5595.htm">Strong's 5595: </a> To sweep or snatch away, catch up your beard הַזָּקָ֖ן (haz·zā·qān) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2206.htm">Strong's 2206: </a> Beard, chin as well. וְגַ֥ם (wə·ḡam) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 7:20 In that day the Lord will shave (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/7-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 7:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 7:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/7-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 7:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 7:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>