Isaiah 7:9
And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, || And the head of Samaria [is] the son of Remaliah. If you do not give credence, || Surely you are not steadfast.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10And YHWH adds to speak to Ahaz, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 16:24and he buys the Mount of Samaria from Shemer with two talents of silver, and builds [on] the mountain, and calls the name of the city that he has built by the name of Shemer, lord of the hill—Samaria.
2 Chronicles 20:20And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat has stood and says, “Hear me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain steadfast in your God YHWH, and be steadfast; remain steadfast in His prophets and prosper.”
Isaiah 28:1Woe [to] the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, || That [is] on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.
Acts 27:11but the centurion gave more credence to the pilot and to the shipowner than to the things spoken by Paul;
Romans 11:20By unbelief they were broken off, and you have stood by faith; do not be high-minded, but be fearing;
1 John 5:10He who is believing in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning His Son;
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 →