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thus says the Lord God:

(A)“‘It shall not stand,
    and it shall not come to pass.
For the head of Syria is (B)Damascus,
    and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
    and the head of Samaria is (C)the son of Remaliah.
(D)If you[a] are not firm in faith,
    you will not be firm at all.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:9 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 9, 13, 14

Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,(B)
for the head of Aram is Damascus,(C)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(D)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered(E) to be a people.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(F)
    and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(G) firm in your faith,(H)
    you will not stand at all.’”(I)

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