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),

⁹the chief city of Ephraim is Samaria,

and the chief of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.

If you do not stand firm in your faith,

then you will not stand at all.

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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