Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. In addition, within sixty-five years Israel as a nation will be destroyed.
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7But this is what the Lord God says, “This plan won't materialize—it just won't happen!
Cross References
Genesis 14:15There he divided his men into groups and attacked at night, defeating the enemy and chasing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
2 Kings 17:5Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole country, and attacked Samaria, besieging it for three years.
Ezra 4:2They came to Zerubbabel and the family leaders and said, “Please let us help you with the building work, for we worship your God like you do. In fact we have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
Isaiah 17:1A message about Damascus. Look, Damascus will cease to exist as a city. Instead it will become a pile of ruins.
Hosea 1:6Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. The Lord told Hosea, “Call her Lo-ruhamah, because I will no longer love the house of Israel and certainly not forgive them.
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 →