KJV King James Version
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,
Because that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:
2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
3 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;
4 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.
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
6 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:
7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
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