Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 7:9

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliahs son : If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established .

Or either, shall be; and the sence is the same as in the foregoing Verse, Samaria shall continue to be the Chief City of the Kingdom of Israel, and Pekah shall not conquer Ierusalem, as he hoped and designed to do.

If you do not believe this and the other Promises of God, but, in distrust of God, shall seek to the Assyrians for Succour, to which I perceive you are inclined, in stead of that Deliverance and Settlement which you expect, you shall be distressed and consumed thereby; the Accomplishment of which Threatning is recorded 2 Chron. 28. 20. And by this Threatning he implies, That if they did rely upon God's Word and Help, they should be established. Onely he delivereth it in the form of a Threatning, rather than of Promise, partly because he foresaw that they would chuse the worse part, and bring the Judgment threatned upon themselves; and partly because this was most necessary for them, to affright them out of their present Security and Infidelity.

Marginal references: See 2 Chr. [illegible: 1+ letters]. 20.; Or, Do ye [illegible: 1 word] believe? [illegible: 1 word] is because [illegible: 1+ letters]e are not sta [illegible: 1+ letters], or shall [illegible: 1 word] be established.