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A Message to Ahaz

Isaiah 7:5

In 11 translations

BSB
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
KJV
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
WEB
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
ASV
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,
LSV
Because that Aram counseled evil against you, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,
YLT
Because that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:
DBY
Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, saying,
DRC
Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:
GNV
Because Aram hath taken wicked counsell against thee, and Ephraim, and Remaliahs sonne, saying,
JPS
Because Aram hath counselled evil against thee, Ephraim also, and the son of Remaliah, saying:
LXXE
And as for the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, saying,

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Original-language editions

WLC
יַ֗עַן כִּֽי־יָעַ֥ץ עָלֶ֛יךָ אֲרָ֖ם רָעָ֑ה אֶפְרַ֥יִם וּבֶן־רְמַלְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀρὰμ, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Ῥομελίου, ὅτι ἐβουλεύσαντο βουλὴν πονηράν·

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👤 Ephraim👤 Remaliah📍 Syria◆ Prophecies of Isaiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 83:3–4With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish, saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
  • 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.’
  • Nahum 1:11From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
  • Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

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