Did you know that God is going to shave us?

Question

(Isaiah 7:20) "In the same day the Lord will
shave with a hired razor,
With those beyond the River,
with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard."

The OT says God is going to shave our legs (it doesn't say how high!) Did He never hear about laser or waxing or even hair removal cream? And He has to go all the way to Syria to hire a razor (when He could go down to the corner shop and get Gillette!) And this is supposed to be the Word of God????????????

Answer 1

No, I didn't know this.

Answer 2

Isa 7:20 -
In the same day ... - The idea in this verse is the same as in the preceding, though presented in a different form. The meaning is, that “God” would bring upon them this punishment, but that he would make use of the Assyrian as an “instrument” by which to do it.
Shave - The act of shaving off the hair denotes punishment or disgrace; compare 2Sa_10:4 : ‘Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off one half of their beards;’ 1Ch_19:4.
With a razor - Using them as an instrument. God here claims the power of directing them, and regards them as employed by him; see Isa_10:5-7.
That is hired - This is an allusion to the custom of hiring soldiers, or employing mercenary armies. Thus Great Britain employed mercenary troops, or hired of the Germans bodies of Hessians to carry on the war in America. The meaning here is, that God would employ the Assyrians as his instruments, to effect his purposes, as though they were hired and paid by the plunder and spoil of the nation.
By them beyond the river - The river Euphrates. The Euphrates is usually meant in the Scriptures where ‘the river’ is mentioned without specifying the name; Psa_72:8; Psa_80:2. This was the river which Abraham had passed; and this, perhaps, was, for a long time, the eastern boundary of their geographical knowledge; see the note at Isa_11:15.
The head - The hair of the head.
The hair of the feet - Or the other parts of the body; of the lower parts of the body.
Shall consume the beard - Shall cut off the beard. This was esteemed particularly disgraceful among the Jews. It is, at this day, among all Eastern nations. The beard is regarded as a distinguished ornament; among the Mahometans, it is sworn by, and no higher insult can be offered than to treat the beard with indignity; compare the note at Isa_50:6. The meaning is here, that God would employ the Assyrian as his instrument to lay waste the land.

It would be helpful to you to actually investigate the context of the passage and gain an understanding of the culture at that time.

Answer 3

Hey check this out http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgUR7RaMHAqo37o_TCecUsHsy6IX?qid=20060828130218AAPurYs

Someone mockingly made a comment that save and slave are both one letter away from shave trying to prove me wrong... looks like we might be on to something here bud!

Answer 4

Assyria is not Syria.

These events have already happened. You were not born yet.

Answer 5

wow

Answer 6

From what?

Answer 7

And him w. that beard and all!