John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 7:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it shall come to pass in that day, &c.] Not in the days of Hezekiah, after the destruction of Sennacherib’s army, when there followed great fruitfulness and plenty, (<233730>Isaiah 37:30,31) as Kimchi and Jarchi interpret it; but in the days of Nebuchadnezzar, after the destruction of Jerusalem, when some poor men were left in the land to till it, (<243910>Jeremiah 39:10) for of these, and not of rich men, are the following words to be understood: [that] a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep; this seems to denote both the scarcity of men and cattle, through the ravages of the army of the Chaldeans; that there should not be large herds and flocks, only a single cow, and two or three sheep; and yet men should be so few, and families so thin, that these would be sufficient to support them comfortably.

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