Advent · Fourth Sunday in Advent · Year A
Isaiah 7:10-17
December 21, 2025

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Commentary
Commentary on Isaiah 7:10-16 workingpreacher.org
Lectionary commentary on the Advent 4 Isaiah reading, covering Ahaz's refusal of a sign and the Immanuel prophecy.
Old Testament: Isaiah 7:10-17 (Advent 4: Series A) 1517.org
1517 article keyed exactly to Isaiah 7:10-17, matching the full LSB pericope rather than the shorter 7:10-14 selection.
Isaiah 7 Commentary: Shear-Jashub and Immanuel enduringword.com
Guzik's verse-by-verse commentary on Isaiah 7, including Ahaz's sign, the virgin conceiving, and the judgment oracle through v. 17.
Isaiah 7 Commentary preceptaustin.org
Verse-linked commentary collection on Isaiah 7, covering Ahaz's confrontation with Isaiah and the Immanuel sign through the judgment verses.
Isaiah 7:10-16 Commentary cepreaching.org
CEP commentary written for this Advent 4 reading, setting the historical Syro-Ephraimite crisis behind Ahaz's refused sign.
Advent 4 - Isaiah 7:10-17 - December 22, 2013 concordiatheology.org
Concordia Seminary's per-Sunday LSB commentary on the full Isaiah 7:10-17 text, found and verified via their own site search.
Background & Word Study
Commentary on Isaiah 7 by Matthew Henry blueletterbible.org
Matthew Henry's exposition of the whole chapter, including Ahaz's unbelief and the Immanuel sign given despite it.
Isaiah 7:14 Hebrew Interlinear biblehub.com
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear for the sign verse (ha-almah, 'the virgin/young woman'), central to this reading's word study.
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