Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 7:22
For the abundance of milk that they shall give; because they shall have excellent and large pastures, by reason of the great scarcity of cattle; whereas formerly their lands were ofttimes overstocked with cattle. Butter and honey may be here mentioned, either, 1. As mean and vulgar food, being very common in those parts; which are opposed to that flesh and corn, and other excellent fruits of the earth, wherewith their land formerly abounded. Or, 2. As very good and pleasant food, which the... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 7:17-25
Isaiah 7:17-Lamentations : . The Devastation of Judah.— Probably an independent prophecy rather than a continuation of Isaiah 7:2-Nehemiah :; it strikes a very different note. It may belong to the same date, but may quite well be later. Disaster unparalleled since the revolt of the ten tribes (note the Southern point of view) is coming on Judah, an Assyrian invasion. Yahweh will whistle for the enemy, who will penetrate the most inaccessible retreats of the land, and humiliate and spoil the... read more