Isa 7:4-9, 8:9-10 | ESV | STEP | And say to him, Be careful , be quiet , do not fear , and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands , at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah .

a[ch. 8:12]

b[Ex. 14:13]

c[Amos 4:11; Zech. 3:2]

d ver. 1

e[See ver. 4 above]

Isaiah 7:4-9

4 And say to him, ^a‘Be careful, ^bbe quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two ^csmoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and ^dthe son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and ^ethe son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, 6 “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it ^{▼▼Hebrew let us split it open} for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7 thus says the Lord God:

^g“‘It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is ^hDamascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is ⁱthe son of Remaliah.
^jIf you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 9, 13, 14} are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’”

Isaiah 8:9-10

9 Be broken, ^{▼▼Or Be evil} you peoples, and ^mbe shattered; ^{▼▼Or dismayed}
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
speak a word, ^obut it will not stand,
for God ^pis with us. ^{▼▼The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel}