Isaiah 7:5

Forasmuch as Syria, [with] Ephraim and the son of Remalyahu, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Leeser Tanakh

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 thy heart not become faint because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands, before the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remalyahu.

6Let us go up against Judah, and besiege it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up as king in the midst of it the son of Tabeal:

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Cross References

Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth raise themselves up, and rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed:

Nahum 1:11There is gone forth out of thee he that devised evil against the Lord, the counsellor of infamous things.

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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