Isaiah 7:5
in Isaiah 7For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,
KJV
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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This verse in Isaiah 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verseBecause Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah,.... Not that there were three parties in the counsel and confederacy against Judah, only two, the kingdoms of Syria and Ephraim, or Israel; the king of the former is not mentioned at all, and the latter only as if he was the son of a private person, which is purposely done by way of contempt: have taken evil counsel against thee: which is expressed in the next verse; saying; as follows.
This site's exposition
Go forth now to meet Ahaz
on Isaiah 7:3-6
The Lord sends Isaiah to meet Ahaz at the conduit of the upper pool, likely the very place where the king was inspecting Jerusalem's water supply against a coming siege, and orders him to bring his son along. Shear-jashub, a remnant shall return, is himself a sign walking beside his father: judgment is coming on the nation but it will not be total. Gill and Clarke both draw out the boy's name as a wordless sermon set before the king before Isaiah speaks a word of his own message.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 3, 4 and following) And the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-Jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field. And say to him: Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
. [1.] That very thing which Ahaz thought most formidable is made the ground of their defeat--and that was the depth of their designs and the height of their hopes: " Therefore they shall be baffled and sent back with shame, because they have taken evil counsel against thee, which is an offence to God.
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The confirmation of this by a sign which God gave to Ahaz, when he refused to ask one, referring to Christ, and our redemption by him,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Because - Remaliah - All these words are omitted by one MS. and the Syriac; a part of them also by the Septuagint.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַ֗עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | 99 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָעַ֥ץ | yaatz | it has planned | H3289 → | 79 times |
| עָלֶ֛יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲרָ֖ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| רָעָ֑ה | raah | harm | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֶפְרַ֥יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| וּבֶן־ | uven- | and [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ | remalyahu | Remaliah | H7425 → | 13 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
יַ֗עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →99 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יָעַ֥ץit has planned
yaatzH3289 →79 times
עָלֶ֛יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
אֲרָ֖םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
רָעָ֑הharm
raahH7451 →662 times
אֶפְרַ֥יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
וּבֶן־and [the] son of
uven-H1121 →4930 times
רְמַלְיָ֖הוּRemaliah
remalyahuH7425 →13 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
it leads to
- Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Matthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Revelation 17:12–14
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
- Psalms 45:7
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Luke 23:11–12
And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
- Matthew 26:59
Through
Nahum 1:11From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
it leads to
- Nahum 1:9
Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
- Nahum 1:9
Through
Zechariah 1:15but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 25:12–17
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
- Jeremiah 51:24
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.