Isaiah 7:1-8
1Now it came about in the days of aAhaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that bRezin the king of Aram and cPekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but dcould not ▼▼ Lit fight against
conquer it. 2When it was reported to the fhouse of David, saying, “The Arameans ▼▼ Lit has settled down on
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hhave camped in iEphraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake ▼▼ Lit from before
with the wind. 3Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son ▼▼ I.e. a remnant shall return
Shear-jashub, at the end of the lconduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the ▼▼ I.e. laundryman’s
fuller’s field, 4and say to him, ‘Take care and be ncalm, have no ofear and pdo not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering qfirebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the rson of Remaliah. 5‘Because sAram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah and ▼▼ Lit cause it a sickening dread
terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in ▼▼ Lit it
its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7thus says the Lord ▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God: w“It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. 8“For the head of Aram is xDamascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people),
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