Isaiah 7:5

5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying,

Isaiah 7:5 in Other Translations

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,

5 Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying,

5 Aram, along with Ephraim's son of Remaliah, have plotted to do you harm. They've conspired against you, saying,

5 For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say:

Isaiah 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:5

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah
Not that there were three parties in the counsel and confederacy against Judah, only two, the kingdoms of Syria and Ephraim, or Israel; the king of the former is not mentioned at all, and the latter only as if he was the son of a private person, which is purposely done by way of contempt: have taken evil counsel against thee:
which is expressed in the next verse; saying;
as follows.

Isaiah 7:5 In-Context

3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.

5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying,

6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”

7 Yet this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘It will not take place, it will not happen,

Cross References

• 1. S ver 1
• 2. ver 2