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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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  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, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[a](A) to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.(B) Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm(C) and don’t be afraid.(D) Do not lose heart(E) because of these two smoldering stubs(F) of firewood—because of the fierce anger(G) of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.(H) Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s(I) son have plotted(J) 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:(K)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:3 Shear-Jashub means a remnant will return.