Isaiah 7:7

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

Isaiah 7:7 in Other Translations

7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

7 thus says the Lord GOD: "'It shall not stand, and it shall not come to pass.

7 But this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “This invasion will never happen; it will never take place;

7 But God, the Master, says, "It won't happen. Nothing will come of it

7 This is what the Lord God says: It will not happen; it will not occur.

Isaiah 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:7

Thus saith the Lord GOD, it shall not stand
That is, the counsel they had taken against Judah to vex it, make a breach in it, and set a king of their own liking over it; so the Septuagint and Arabic versions render the words, "that counsel shall not stand"; the counsel of God shall stand, but not the counsel of men, when it is against him, ( Proverbs 19:21 ) ( Isaiah 46:10 ) : neither shall it come to pass;
or "shall not be"; so far from standing, succeeding, and going forward, till it is brought to a final accomplishment, it should not take footing, or have a being.

Isaiah 7:7 In-Context

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,

8 for the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.

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

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 24:3; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 28:16
• 2. Psalms 2:1; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 28:18; Isaiah 40:8; Isaiah 46:10; Acts 4:25