KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 7:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’”
WEB World English Bible
and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, And the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 7
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.
12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
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וְרֹ֤אשׁH7218 · roshheadאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙H669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimשֹׁמְר֔וֹןH8111 · sho.me.ronSamariaוְרֹ֥אשׁH7218 · roshheadשֹׁמְר֖וֹןH8111 · sho.me.ronSamariaבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childרְמַלְיָ֑הוּH7425 · re.mal.ya.huRemaliahאִ֚םH518 · imifלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתַאֲמִ֔ינוּH539 · a.manbe faithfulכִּ֖יH3588 · kiforלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתֵאָמֵֽנוּ׃ סH539 · a.manbe faithful
Cross-references
Hebrews 11:6But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.Romans 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.1 John 5:10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.Acts 27:25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.Isaiah 8:6-8Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;Isaiah 30:12-14Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:1 Kings 16:24-29And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.Acts 27:11Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.2 Kings 15:27In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] twenty years.
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