Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
God does not wait for prayers from this wicked king, but of His own accord promises deliverance, such is His covenant faithfulness. The boy's name, Shear-jashub, was no accident but given by divine command to seal both the coming captivity and the return; he carried in his person an engraven pledge.
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Sin brings foreign invasion upon a land and betrays the strongest fortifications to the enemy. Ahaz began his reign in idolatry, so God delivered him into the hands of Syria and Israel; wicked nations become the scourge of other wicked nations.
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Commenting on Isaiah 7:1-9
The boy's name, the remnant shall return, signifies that though Judah would later be carried captive by the Assyrians, a remnant would return again; his very person was meant to suggest repentance to those who remained.
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