Isaiah 7:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
7 1 Jerusalem is besieged. 4 Isaiah comforteth the king. 14 Christ is promised.
1 And in the days of (A)Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah, Rezin the king of [a]Aram [b]came up, and Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem to fight against it, but he could not overcome it.
2 And it was told the house of [c]David, saying, Aram is joined with [d]Ephraim: therefore his heart was [e]moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved by the wind.
3 ¶ Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz (thou and [f]Shear-Jashub thy son) at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the path of the fuller’s field,
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- Isaiah 7:1 Or, Syria.
- Isaiah 7:1 To wit, the second time: for in the first battle Ahaz was overcome.
- Isaiah 7:2 Meaning, the King’s house.
- Isaiah 7:2 That is, Israel, because that tribe was the greatest, Gen. 48:19.
- Isaiah 7:2 For fear.
- Isaiah 7:3 That is to say, the rest shall return, which name Isaiah gave his son, to signify that the rest of the people should return out of their captivity.
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