Isaiah 7:5 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 7:5

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Because 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.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יַ֗עַן	Ya.'an	because	H3282 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
יָעַ֥ץ	ya.'Atz	it has planned	H3289 →
עָלֶ֛יךָ	'a.Lei.kha	on you	H5921 →
אֲרָ֖ם	'a.Ram	Aram	H758 →
רָעָ֑ה	ra.'Ah	harm	H7451 →
אֶפְרַ֥יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	Ephraim	H669 →
וּבֶן־	u.ven-	and [the] son of	H1121 →
רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ	re.mal.Ya.hu	Remaliah	H7425 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
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.
Through
Nahum 1:11
From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
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.
Through
Zechariah 1:15
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
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,

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