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

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

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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All the people will know—
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
Who say in pride and arrogance 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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When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, 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

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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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

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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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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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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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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17 (A)The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that (B)Ephraim departed from Judah.”

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13 But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So (A)the holy seed shall be its stump.”

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(A)He will not be afraid of evil tidings;
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
His (B)heart is established;
(C)He will not be afraid,
Until he (D)sees his desire upon his enemies.

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An Exuberant Declaration of Faith

A Psalm of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The (B)Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked came against me
To (C)eat[a] up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.

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  1. Psalm 27:2 devour

Faith in the Lord’s Righteousness

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

11 In (A)the Lord I put my trust;
How can you say to my soul,
“Flee as a bird to your mountain”?

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12 Then some of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,

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10 So Amaziah discharged the troops that had come to him from Ephraim, to go back home. Therefore their anger was greatly aroused against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.

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For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians (A)to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us (B)the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!” Therefore they (C)arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact—their tents, their horses, and their donkeys—and they fled for their lives.

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Then he cried out against the altar [a]by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a child, (A)Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be (B)burned on you.’ ”

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  1. 1 Kings 13:2 at the Lord’s command

16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:

(A)“What share have we in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
To your tents, O Israel!
Now, see to your own house, O David!”

So Israel departed to their tents.

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32 (but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

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16 And (A)your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before [a]you. Your throne shall be established forever.” ’ ”

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 LXX Me

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