and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
4. And thou shalt say to him And say unto him. — Eng. Ver. The Hebrew word שמר (shamar,) which signifies to keep, is here put in the Hiphil; This is an oversight; for השמר (hishshamer) is in the Niphal conjugation.
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Isaiah 7:1-9
And say unto him, take heed, and be quiet,.... Or "keep" thyself, not within the city, and from fighting with his enemies, but from unbelief, fear, and dread; or, as the Septuagint version, "keep" thyself, "that thou mayest be quiet" (a); be easy, still, and silent, and see the salvation of God: the Jewish writers interpret the first word of resting and settling, as wine...