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Edward J. Young’s classic 3-volume commentary engages in a line-by-line exegesis of the book of Isaiah, setting interpretation firmly in the context of Isaiah’s archaeological, cultural, and intellectual background. Young allows the prophet to speak for himself and to expound his message for the present age. Written primarily for the minister, Sunday school teacher and general layperson, the...

is asserting that God is not faithful to His promise. In fearing that Syria and Israel could actually depose him, he is expressing disbelief that “there shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel” (1 Kings 8:25). A son of David is willing to reject the covenant. God therefore must take over, and give a sign of the greater deliverance, as well as of the proximate deliverance from Syria and Israel. He who will give the sign is ʾadon.31 Possibly Isaiah deliberately uses this
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