And it was told the house of [a]David, saying, Aram is joined with [b]Ephraim: therefore his heart was [c]moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved by the wind.

¶ Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz (thou and [d]Shear-Jashub thy son) at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the path of the fuller’s field,

And say unto him, Take heed, and be still: fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking [e]firebrands, for the furious wrath of Rezin and of Aram, and of Remaliah’s son,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:2 Meaning, the King’s house.
  2. Isaiah 7:2 That is, Israel, because that tribe was the greatest, Gen. 48:19.
  3. Isaiah 7:2 For fear.
  4. 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.
  5. Isaiah 7:4 Which have but a little smoke and shall quickly be quenched.

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