Verse 8
the = though the.
Damascus: which is soon to be spoiled.
Rezin: a firebrand soon to be quenched. He was the last independent king of Syria.
and = yet.
threescore and five years. To be made up thus: Ahaz 14 + Hezekiah 29 + Manasseh 22 = 65 (13 X 5). Fulfilled in 567-6 B.C.
that it be not a people = shall be no more a people. But Judah shall return (Isaiah 6:13 ).
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