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Isaiah 7:8

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6 ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

7 But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”

10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,

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BSB
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
KJV
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
WEB
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people.
ASV
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that is shall not be a people:
DARBY
for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no [more a] people;
BLB
For the head of Aram [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin, and within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
ÅB
For Syrias hode er Damaskus, og Damaskus' hode er Resin, og om fem og seksti år skal Efra'im bli knust, så det ikke mere er et folk.
OTB
For Damaskus er hovedstaden i Aram, og Resin er lederen av Damaskus. Innen sekstifem år skal Efraim bli knust, ikke lenger et folk.
B1930
For Syrias hode er Damaskus, og Damaskus' hode er Resin, og om fem og seksti år skal Efra'im bli knust, så det ikke mere er et folk.

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  • Isaiah 17:1–3

    This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

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  • Genesis 14:15

    During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

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  • 2 Samuel 8:6

    Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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  • Hosea 1:6–10

    Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

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  • 2 Kings 17:5–23

    Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

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  • Isaiah 8:4

    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

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  • Ezra 4:2

    they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”

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