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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Notas al pie

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

Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub[a] and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.[b] Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn’t need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah. Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying, ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’ But this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“This invasion will never happen;
    it will never take place;
for Syria is no stronger than its capital, Damascus,
    and Damascus is no stronger than its king, Rezin.
As for Israel, within sixty-five years
    it will be crushed and completely destroyed.
Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria,
    and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah.
Unless your faith is firm,
    I cannot make you stand firm.”

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Notas al pie

  1. 7:3a Shear-jashub means “A remnant will return.”
  2. 7:3b Or bleached.