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: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. 5For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying: ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’ 7But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen. 8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

Isaiah 7:6 word by word

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

• Let us invadeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• terrorize itקוּץqûts · to loatheH6973
• and divide itבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• among ourselvesאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Then we can installמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Tabealטָֽבְאַ֑לţâb'êl · TabealH2870
• over itתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• as kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

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
• Confederate
• 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