Isaiah 7:1-8
War against Jerusalem
1 Now 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 ghave taken a stand by hEphraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake from the wind. 3 Then 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 jconduit of the upper pool, on the road to the ▼▼I.e., launderer’s
fuller’s field, 4and say to him, ‘Take care and be lcalm, have no mfear and ndo not be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoldering ologs, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the pson of Remaliah. 5Because qAram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, 6“Let’s go up against Judah and ▼▼Or demolish
terrorize it, and take it for ourselves by assault and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7this is what the Lord ▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God says: “ tIt shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. 8For the head of Aram is uDamascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces, so that it is no longer a people),
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