Isaiah 7
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Now it came to pass in the days of a Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against b it, but could not prevail against it.
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And it was told to the house of David, saying, "Syria's forces are deployed in Ephraim." So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
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Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and ShearJa'shub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's Field,
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"and say to him: 'Take heed, and be c quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
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'Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,
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"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" -
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'thus says the Lord GOD:
d "It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.
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e For the head of Syria is Damascus,
And the head of Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken,
So that it will not be a people.
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The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son.
f If you will not believe,
Surely you shall not be established." ' "
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Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
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g "Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above."
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But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"
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Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?
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"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: h Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear i a Son, and shall call His name j Immanuel.
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"Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
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k "For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by l both her kings.
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m "The LORD will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father's house - days that have not come since the day that n Ephraim departed from Judah."
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And it shall come to pass in that day
That the LORD o will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in p the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.
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In the same day the Lord will shave with a q hired r razor,
With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.
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It shall be in that day
That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
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So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give,
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.
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It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
s It will be for briers and thorns.
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With arrows and bows men will come there,
Because all the land will become briers and thorns.
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And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his father David had done.
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Cross References
2 Kings 16:5
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
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Cross References
Exodus 14:13
And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
Isaiah 30:15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." But you would not.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.
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Cross References
2 Kings 16:5
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us.
Acts 4:25
Who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things?
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the LORD and against His Christ.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 8:6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought tribute. So the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:20
So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Cross References
Matthew 12:38
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.
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Cross References
Matthew 1:23
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
Luke 1:31
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.
John 1:45
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Revelation 12:5
She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
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Cross References
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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Cross References
Isaiah 8:8
He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.
Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us.
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Cross References
Isaiah 8:4
"for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria."
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Cross References
2 Kings 15:30
Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:19
For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz ...
2 Chronicles 28:20
Also TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria came to hi...
Isaiah 8:7
Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over ...
Isaiah 8:8
He will pass through Judah, He will overflow an...
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the sta...
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against an ungodly nation, And ...
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Cross References
1 Kings 12:16
Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: "What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!" So Israel departed to their tents.
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Cross References
Isaiah 5:26
He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, And will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.
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Cross References
Isaiah 2:19
They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
Jeremiah 16:16
Behold, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
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Cross References
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
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Cross References
2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
2 Chronicles 28:20
Also TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.
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Cross References
Isaiah 5:6
I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.