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Webster's Bible Translation

Isaiah 7:5

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Isaiah;   Pekah;   Rezin;   Scofield Reference Index - Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Pekah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahaz;   Assyria;   Isaiah;   Syria;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Remaliah;   Rezin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Pekah;   Remaliah;   Rezin;   Shear Jashub;   Tabeal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Isaiah;   Shearjashub;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alliance;   Aram, Aramaeans;   Damascus;   Immanuel;   Isaiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Rezin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Rezin ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Immanuel;   Pekah;   Rezin;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Remali'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Assyria;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Damascus;   Hoshea;   Pekah;   Rezin;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say,
Hebrew Names Version
Because Aram, Efrayim, and the son of Remalyahu, have purposed evil against you, saying,
King James Version
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
English Standard Version
Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,
New American Standard Bible
'Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying,
New Century Version
They have made plans against you, saying,
Amplified Bible
'Because Aram, along with Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying,
World English Bible
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against you, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Because Aram hath taken wicked counsell against thee, and Ephraim, and Remaliahs sonne, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has counseled evil against you, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying,
Contemporary English Version
their evil threats
Complete Jewish Bible
or because Aram, Efrayim and the son of Remalyah have been plotting against you, thinking,
Darby Translation
Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
and made plans against you. They said,
George Lamsa Translation
Because Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Romaliah have taken evil counsel against you, saying,
Good News Translation
Syria, together with Israel and its king, has made a plot.
Lexham English Bible
Because Aram has plotted evil against you with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,
Literal Translation
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the,
American Standard Version
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Because Aram has made evil designs against you, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Because Aram hath counselled evil against thee, Ephraim also, and the son of Remaliah, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the sonne of Remaliah haue taken euill counsell against thee, saying;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Because that the Syrian, Ephraim, and Romelies sonne haue wickedly conspired against thee,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And as for the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, saying,
English Revised Version
Because Syria hath counselled evil against thee, Ephraim also, and the son of Remaliah, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Sirie, and Effraym, and the sone of Romelie, han bigunne yuel councel ayens thee, and seien, Stie we to Juda,
Update Bible Version
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against you, saying,
New English Translation
Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise.
New King James Version
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,
New Living Translation
Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying,
New Life Bible
Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, have made sinful plans against you, saying,
New Revised Standard
Because Aram—with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah—has plotted evil against you, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because Syria, hath taken counsel against thee, for mischief, - with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Because Syria, with E'phraim and the son of Remali'ah, has devised evil against you, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
Because that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towards Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 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 to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; 4 And say to him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking fire-brands, 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 harass 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 sixty 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Syria: Psalms 2:2, Psalms 83:3, Psalms 83:4, Nahum 1:11, Zechariah 1:15

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:8 - took 2 Chronicles 28:6 - Pekah Psalms 33:10 - The Lord Psalms 83:5 - For Proverbs 16:3 - thy thoughts Proverbs 21:30 - General Isaiah 8:10 - counsel Hosea 5:3 - Ephraim Matthew 2:7 - General Acts 5:38 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Exodus 39:32
Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Exodus 40:16
Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Psalms 119:6
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
Matthew 3:15
And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Luke 8:21
And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of God, and do it.
John 2:5
His mother saith to the servants, Whatever he saith to you, do [it].
John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Though he was a Son, yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 7:5. Because - Remaliah — All these words are omitted by one MS. and the Syriac; a part of them also by the Septuagint.


 
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