7This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah:^c Aram’s King Rezin and Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah went to fight against Jerusalem,^d but they were not able to conquer it.

²When it became known to the house of David^e that Aram had occupied Ephraim,^f the heart of Ahaz^A and the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind.

³The Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub^B^g to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool,^h by the road to the Launderer’s Field. ⁴Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardlyⁱ because of these two smoldering sticks, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah. ⁵For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say, ⁶‘Let’s go up against Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it for ourselves. Then we can install Tabeel’s son as king in it.’ ”

⁷This is what the Lord God says:

It will not happen; it will not occur.^j

⁸The chief city of Aram is Damascus,

the chief of Damascus is Rezin

(within sixty-five years

Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),

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Footnotes

A Aram has rested upon Ephraim, his heart
B A Remnant Will Return

Cross references

c Is 1:1
d 2Kg 15:25,37; 16:5
e Is 7:13; 9:7; 16:5; 22:9,22; 29:1; 37:35; 38:5; 55:3
f Is 8:12; 9:9
g Is 8:3,18
h 2Kg 18:17; Is 36:2
i Gn 15:1; Ex 14:13; 20:20; Nm 14:9; Dt 20:3; 31:6; Jos 10:8,25; Is 10:24; 35:4; 41:14
j Is 8:10