King James Version
Isaiah 7:5 in the King James Version says “Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,”
Isaiah 7:5 · KJV
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; Shearjashub: that is, The remnant shall return highway: or, causeway
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. neither: Heb. let not thy heart be tender
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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: vex: or, waken
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Because Syria”
H758aram or syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of shem, a grandson of nahor, and of an israelite
“Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“and the son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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