Isaiah 7:5

Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, saying,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

In Context

4and thou shalt say unto him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, and let not thy heart faint before these two ends of smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

6Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein the son of Tabeal;

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:

Nahum 1:11Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:2-10

The Distress of Ahaz; Comfort Administered to Ahaz. ( b. c. 740.) 1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. 3 Then said the… Read the whole commentary →

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