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Isaiah 7:9 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 7 · verse 9
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.Isaiah 7:9 · King James Version
Isaiah 7:9 in context
7Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
8For 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.
9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
10Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
11Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Remaliah'sRᵉmalyâhûwRemaljah, an IsraeliteH7425 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- SamariaShômᵉrôwnShomeron, a place in PalestineH8111 →
- believeʼâmanproperly, to build up or supportH539 →
- headrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, Isa 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well, sixteen years. All that time, no doubt, Isaiah prophesied as he was commanded, and yet we have not in this book any of his prophecies dated in the reign of Jotham;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9