Isaiah 7:1

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Isaiah 7:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

2 When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

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2 Kings 16:1

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 28:1

Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 28:2

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.

2 Chronicles 28:3

Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 28:4

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 28:5

So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.

2 Chronicles 28:6

For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Isaiah 8:6

“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

2 Kings 15:37

(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)

Psalms 83:3

With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Psalms 83:4

saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

Psalms 83:5

For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

Isaiah 7:4

and 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.

Isaiah 7:5

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

Isaiah 7:6

‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

Isaiah 7:7

But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

Isaiah 7:8

For 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 7:9

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”

Isaiah 8:9

Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

Isaiah 8:10

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”