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Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son [a]Shear-jashub, at the end of the (A)conduit of the upper pool, to the highway of the [b]fuller’s field, and say to him, ‘Take care and stay (B)quiet, have no (C)fear and (D)do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering (E)firebrands, on account of the burning anger of Rezin and Aram and the (F)son of Remaliah. Because (G)Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has counseled evil against you, saying, “Let us go up against Judah and [c]terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in [d]its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” thus says Lord Yahweh: “(H)It shall not stand, nor shall it happen. For the head of Aram is (I)Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people), and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. (J)If you do not [e]establish your faith in Yahweh, you surely shall not [f]be established.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:3 Lit a remnant shall return
  2. Isaiah 7:3 Or launderer’s
  3. Isaiah 7:6 Lit cause it a sickening dread
  4. Isaiah 7:6 Lit it
  5. Isaiah 7:9 Lit believe
  6. Isaiah 7:9 Lit be believed

Then the Lord said to Isaiah:

Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear Jashub.[a] Meet him at the end of the water channel from the upper pool, on the road that goes to the launderers[b] field.

Tell Ahaz, “Get control of yourself, and remain calm. Do not be afraid. Do not lose your courage because of these two stubs of smoldering torches. Do not be afraid because of the fierce anger of Rezin, Aram, and the son of Remaliah, even though Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you and said, ‘Let’s go up against Judah and tear it apart. Let’s divide it among ourselves and set up a king over it, namely, this son of Tabe’el.’”

This is what the Lord God says.

Their plan shall not succeed.

It shall not take place.

Yes, the head of Aram is Damascus,

and the head of Damascus is Rezin,

but within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken into pieces,

so that it will no longer be a people.

The head of Ephraim is only Samaria,

and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.

If you do not stand firm in faith,

you will not stand at all.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:3 Shear Jashub means a remnant will return.
  2. Isaiah 7:3 Or wool-cleaners
  3. Isaiah 7:9 There is a play on the word amen in the verbs stand firm and stand at all.