Isaiah 7:6

Isaiah 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
• New International Version (NIV)“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,"
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”—

Context of Isaiah 7:6

4and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, do not fear and be weak-hearted because of these two stumps of smoldering logs, on account of the fierce anger of [King] Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah (Pekah, usurper of the throne of Israel). 5Because Aram, along with Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying, “Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it; and let us breach its wall and tear it apart [each of us taking a portion] and set up the son of Tabeel over it as its [puppet] king,” 7for this is what the Lord God says, “It shall not stand nor shall it happen. 8For the head (capital) of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin (now within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces and will no longer be a people).

Isaiah 7:6 word by word

נַעֲלֶ֤ה בִֽיהוּדָה֙ וּנְקִיצֶ֔נָּה וְנַבְקִעֶ֖נָּה אֵלֵ֑ינוּ וְנַמְלִ֥יךְ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ אֵ֖ת בֶּן־טָֽבְאַֽל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let us go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• against Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and vexקוּץqûts · to loatheH6973
• it, and let us make a breachבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• therein for us, and setמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• a kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Tabealטָֽבְאַ֑לţâb'êl · TabealH2870

Commentaries on Isaiah 7:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And vex it - Margin, Weaken it.‘ Probably the word means to throw into consternation or fear, by besieging it - “Gesenius.” And let us make a breach therein - Let us break down the walls, etc. And set a king - Subdue it, and make it tributary to the allied kingdoms of Syria and Ephraim. The son of Tabeal - Nothing more is known of this person. He might have been some disaffected member of the royal family of David, who had sought the aid of Rezin and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The son of Tabeel, otherwise unknown, was obviously sympathetic to Israel’s and Syria’s resistance against Assyria.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. vex--rather, "throw into consternation" [Gesenius]. make a breach--rather, "cleave it asunder." Their scheme was to divide a large portion of the territory between themselves, and set up a vassal king of their own over the rest. son of Tabeal--unknown; a Syrian-sounding name, perhaps favored by a party in Jerusalem (Is 3:6, 9, 12).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 7:6

• Armies
• Isaiah
• Pekah
• Rezin
• Tabeal

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Ahaz
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• Fainthearted
• Rezin
• Tabeal
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Commentaries on Isaiah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings