Isaiah 7:6

“Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:”

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it,.... By besieging or distressing it; or "stir it up" to war, as Jarchi interprets…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

And vex it - Margin, ‘Weaken it.’ Probably the word means to throw into consternation or fear, by besieging it -…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 7:1-9

The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, Isa 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

and vex it Rather frighten it (cf. Isa 7:7, where the Qalof the same verb means "cower"), unless we adopt a conjecture…