NOTES for Isa 7:1-9

Everything is simple and obvious: a serious threat hangs over Israel. The prophet Isaiah does not begin calculating the probability of one outcome or another, or what there is to say about the numbers of Israelite and enemy troops... He turns to the One Person who can deal with the situation. And he receives a simple answer: “Thus says the Lord God: it shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.” The key words here are “thus says the Lord”! If He has spoken, then there is nothing to fear.