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Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this new commentary series, projected to be 48 volumes, takes a Christ- centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. Readers will learn to see Christ in all aspects of Scripture, and they will...

Sadly, Ahaz will not listen to any of these marvelous words. He will not stand firm in faith, so he will not stand at all (v. 9). He will trust in his scheme to make an alliance with the evil king of Assyria to deliver him from these two small kings. So in verses 17–25 God makes it plain that Assyria will most certainly come, having been summoned by both God and Ahaz, but for very different purposes. The tragic story of Ahaz’s faithless
Isaiah 7:17–25