Isaiah 7:5

Isaiah 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,

Context of Isaiah 7:5

3And Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field; 4and thou shalt say unto him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, and let not thy heart faint before these two ends of smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, saying, 6Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein — the son of Tabeal; 7thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall not stand, nor come to pass;

Isaiah 7:5 word by word

יַ֗עַן כִּֽי־יָעַ֥ץ עָלֶ֛יךָ אֲרָ֖ם רָעָ֑ה אֶפְרַ֥יִם וּבֶן־רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• counselיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Remaliahרְמַלְיָ֜הוּremalyâhû · RemaliahH7425
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Isaiah 7:5

• Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
• Psalms 83:3They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
• Nahum 1:11Out of thee is gone forth one that imagineth evil against Jehovah, a wicked counsellor.
• Zechariah 1:15and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.

Commentaries on Isaiah 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Because - Remaliah - All these words are omitted by one MS. and the Syriac; a part of them also by the Septuagint.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-9In this long section of the book, the nation of Israel was confronted with a vision of God, similar to how Isaiah was confronted in chapter 6.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-9Is 7:1-9:7. Prediction of the Ill Success of the Syro- Israelitish Invasion of Judah--Ahaz's Alliance with Assyria, and Its Fatal Results to Judea--Yet the Certainty of Final Preservation and of the Coming of Messiah. In the Assyrian inscriptions the name of Rezin, king of Damascus, is found among the tributaries of Tiglath-pileser, of whose reign the annals of seventeen years have been deciphered. For the historical facts in this chapter, compare 2Ki…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 7:5

• Armies
• Isaiah
• Pekah
• Rezin

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Syria
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Syria, Ashur
• Ahaz
• Confederate
• Fainthearted
• Remaliah
• Rezin
• Alliance

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