KJV King James Version
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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Isaiah 7:8
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
ASV American Standard Version
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For the head of Aram is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin, And within sixty and five years Is Ephraim broken from being a people.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 7
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.
9 And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is] Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforרֹ֤אשׁH7218 · roshheadאֲרָם֙H758 · a.ramAramדַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקH1834 · dam.me.seqDamascusוְרֹ֥אשׁH7218 · roshheadדַּמֶּ֖שֶׂקH1834 · dam.me.seqDamascusרְצִ֑יןH7526 · re.tsinRezinוּבְע֗וֹדH5750 · odstillשִׁשִּׁ֤יםH8346 · shish.shimsixtyוְחָמֵשׁ֙H2568 · cha.meshfiveשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearיֵחַ֥תH2865 · cha.tatto to be dismayedאֶפְרַ֖יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimמֵעָֽם׃H5971 · ampeople
Cross-references
Isaiah 17:1-3The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.Genesis 14:15And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which [is] on the left hand of Damascus.Isaiah 8:4For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.2 Kings 17:5-23Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.2 Samuel 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.Ezra 4:2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.Hosea 1:6-10And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
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