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

3Then Adonai said to Isaiah: “Go out now to meet Ahaz—you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers’ field; 4and say to him, ‘Keep calm and be quiet. Do not fear nor be faint-hearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, nor of the son of Remaliah, because Aram has plotted harm against you, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah, terrorize it, divide it for ourselves, and appoint Tabeel’s son as king in the midst of it.” 7Thus says Adonai Elohim: “It will not stand, nor will it occur.

Isaiah 7:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• and the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Remaliahרְמַלְיָ֜הוּremalyâhû · RemaliahH7425
• have taken evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• counselיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• against thee, sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Isaiah 7:5

• Psalms 2:2The kings of earth set themselves up and rulers conspire together against Adonai and against His Anointed One :
• Psalms 83:3For look, Your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate You lift up their head.
• Nahum 1:11Out of you has come a schemer of evil against Adonai, a counselor of Belial.
• Zechariah 1:15and I am infuriated with the haughty nations. I was a little angry with them, but they furthered their own calamity.”

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