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  • From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
  • To: peterkirk AT qaya.org
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, jerry.shepherd AT taylor-edu.ca
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Isaiah 7
  • Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:05:58 -0400

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 16:47:43 +0100 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> On 04/04/2005 16:09, Jerry Shepherd wrote:
>
> >Good morning,
> >
> >I'm confused about something I've come across now in two different
> posts
> >on this thread. In an earlier post, George Somsel stated the sign
> was
> >that " BEFORE THE CHILD IS WEANED the Assyrians will no longer be
> a
> >power." And now Yigal has said that the sign means that " by the
> time
> >the child was grown, the Assyrians would be gone." My confusion is
> that
> >I don't see anything at all in the text that indicates a weakening
> of,
> >or departure of, the Assyrians. The sign, as I have always
> understood
> >it, taught it, etc., is that Israel and Aram will be devastated by
> the
> >Assyrians. Assyria is very much a force and very much still
> around.
> >What have I missed? Thanks in advance for any replies.
> >
> >
> >
> Presumably this is based on something like "the land of the two
> kings
> you dread will be laid waste (v.16, NIV). This looks like the
> correct
> translation of the latter part of this verse, assuming that QAC is a
>
> participle of QWC "loathe". But who are the two kings? In the
> context,
> surely the king of Assyria is not one of them, but they are Rezin of
>
> Aram and Pekah of Israel (v.1), whose lands were indeed laid waste
> by
> the Assyrians within a few years after this.
>
> So I suspect this was George and Yigal's mistake, that they meant
> "Arameans" rather than "Assyrians". Or maybe they are referring to
> the
> later sign given to Hezekiah that Jerusalem would be saved from the
>
> Assyrians, 38:5-7.
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
______________

If I said Assyrians, that was indeed an error. You are correct regarding
Rezin and Pekah.

george
gfsomsel
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