Isaiah 7:8-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a]The head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin;
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
Within sixty-five years,
Ephraim shall be crushed, no longer a nation.
Unless your faith is firm,
you shall not be firm!(A)
Emmanuel. 10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz:
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- 7:8–9 God had chosen and made a commitment to David’s dynasty and his capital city Jerusalem, not to Rezin and his capital Damascus, nor to the son of Remaliah and his capital Samaria (2 Sm 7:12–16; Ps 2:6; 78:68–72; 132:11–18). Within sixty-five years…nation: this text occurs at the end of v. 8 in the Hebrew. Ahaz would not have been reassured by so distant a promise; the phrase is probably a later addition.
Isaiah 7:8-10
New International Version
8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,(A)
and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(B)
Within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be too shattered(C) to be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(D)
and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(E) firm in your faith,(F)
you will not stand at all.’”(G)
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,
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