And it was told to the house of David, saying, “Syria’s forces are [a]deployed in Ephraim.” So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.

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  1. Isaiah 7:2 Lit. settled upon

Now the house of David(A) was told, “Aram has allied itself with[a] Ephraim(B)”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken,(C) as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.

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  1. Isaiah 7:2 Or has set up camp in

12 “Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’
Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy,
Nor be afraid of their [a]threats, nor be [b]troubled.

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  1. Isaiah 8:12 Lit. fear or terror
  2. Isaiah 8:12 Lit. in dread

12 “Do not call conspiracy(A)
    everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,(B)
    and do not dread it.(C)

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13 Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

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13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!(A) Is it not enough(B) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience(C) of my God(D) also?

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All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:

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All the people will know it—
    Ephraim(A) and the inhabitants of Samaria(B)
who say with pride
    and arrogance(C) of heart,

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The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion

28 The (A)wicked flee when no one pursues,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.

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28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

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Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God

12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.

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  1. Hosea 12:1 ruin
  2. Hosea 12:1 Or treaty

12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)

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  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.

16 “As for you, son of man, (A)take a stick for yourself and write on it: ‘For Judah and for (B)the children of Israel, his companions.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then (C)join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand.

18 “And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, (D)‘Will you not show us what you mean by these?’— 19 (E)say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take (F)the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.” ’

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16 “Son of man, take a stick of wood and write on it, ‘Belonging to Judah and the Israelites(A) associated with him.(B)’ Then take another stick of wood, and write on it, ‘Belonging to Joseph (that is, to Ephraim) and all the Israelites associated with him.’ 17 Join them together into one stick so that they will become one in your hand.(C)

18 “When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by this?’(D) 19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’(E)

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12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Execute[a] judgment (B)in the morning;
And deliver him who is plundered
Out of the hand of the oppressor,
Lest My fury go forth like fire
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.

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  1. Jeremiah 21:12 Dispense justice

12 This is what the Lord says to you, house of David:

“‘Administer justice(A) every morning;
    rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B)
    the one who has been robbed,
or my wrath will break out and burn like fire(C)
    because of the evil(D) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(E) it.

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35 ‘For I will (A)defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and for My servant (B)David’s sake.’ ”

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35 “I will defend(A) this city and save it,
    for my sake(B) and for the sake of David(C) my servant!”

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27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.

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27 Their people, drained of power,
    are dismayed and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
    like tender green shoots,
like grass(A) sprouting on the roof,(B)
    scorched[a] before it grows up.

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  1. Isaiah 37:27 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Kings 19:26); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text roof / and terraced fields

22 The key of the house of David
I will lay on his (A)shoulder;
So he shall (B)open, and no one shall shut;
And he shall shut, and no one shall open.

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22 I will place on his shoulder(A) the key(B) to the house of David;(C) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.(D)

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13 Also (A)the envy of Ephraim shall depart,
And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

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13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies[a] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(A)

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  1. Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility