Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz

In the days of (A)Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, (B)Rezin the king of Syria and (C)Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it.

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The Sign of Immanuel

When Ahaz(A) son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin(B) of Aram(C) and Pekah(D) son of Remaliah(E) king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.

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37 In those days the Lord began to send (A)Rezin the king of Syria and (B)Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

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37 (In those days the Lord began to send Rezin(A) king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

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Ahaz Reigns in Judah

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.

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Ahaz King of Judah(A)

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz(B) son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

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Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    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, (B)but it will not stand,
    for God (C)is with us.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  3. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

“Because this people has refused the waters of (A)Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over (B)Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

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“Because this people has rejected(A)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(B)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,(C)

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And say to him, (A)‘Be careful, (B)be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two (C)smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and (D)the son of Remaliah. Because Syria, with Ephraim and (E)the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it[a] for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” thus says the Lord God:

(F)“‘It shall not stand,
    and it shall not come to pass.
For the head of Syria is (G)Damascus,
    and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
    and the head of Samaria is (H)the son of Remaliah.
(I)If you[b] are not firm in faith,
    you will not be firm at all.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:6 Hebrew let us split it open
  2. Isaiah 7:9 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 9, 13, 14

Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm(A) and don’t be afraid.(B) Do not lose heart(C) because of these two smoldering stubs(D) of firewood—because of the fierce anger(E) of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.(F) Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s(G) son have plotted(H) your ruin, saying, “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(I)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,(J)
for the head of Aram is Damascus,(K)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(L)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered(M) to be a people.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(N)
    and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(O) firm in your faith,(P)
    you will not stand at all.’”(Q)

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The (A)vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (B)in the days of (C)Uzziah, (D)Jotham, (E)Ahaz, and (F)Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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The vision(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw(C) during the reigns of Uzziah,(D) Jotham,(E) Ahaz(F) and Hezekiah,(G) kings of Judah.

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They lay (A)crafty plans against your people;
    they consult together against your (B)treasured ones.
They say, “Come, (C)let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
For they conspire with one accord;
    against you they make a covenant—

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With cunning they conspire(A) against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish.(B)
“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(C) them as a nation,(D)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(E) no more.”

With one mind they plot together;(F)
    they form an alliance against you—

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Ahaz Reigns in Judah

28 (A)Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done, but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even made (B)metal images for (C)the Baals, and (D)he made offerings in the (E)Valley of the Son of Hinnom and (F)burned his sons as an offering,[a] according to (G)the abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. And he sacrificed and (H)made offerings on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

Judah Defeated

(I)Therefore the Lord his God gave him into the hand of the king of Syria, who defeated him and took captive a great number of his people and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force. For (J)Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:3 Hebrew made his sons pass through the fire

Ahaz King of Judah(A)

28 Ahaz(B) was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols(C) for worshiping the Baals. He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(D) and sacrificed his children(E) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(F) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.

Therefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Aram.(G) The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus.

He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him. In one day Pekah(H) son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah(I)—because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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25 And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him with fifty men of the people of Gilead, and struck him down in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; he put him to death and reigned in his place.

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25 One of his chief officers, Pekah(A) son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he assassinated(B) Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.

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