1 Jerusalem is besieged. 4 Isaiah comforteth the king. 14 Christ is promised.

And in the days of (A)Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah, Rezin the king of [a]Aram [b]came up, and Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, to Jerusalem to fight against it, but he could not overcome it.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:1 Or, Syria.
  2. Isaiah 7:1 To wit, the second time: for in the first battle Ahaz was overcome.
  3. Isaiah 7:2 Meaning, the King’s house.
  4. Isaiah 7:2 That is, Israel, because that tribe was the greatest, Gen. 48:19.
  5. Isaiah 7:2 For fear.

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