Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
told	וַיֻּגַּ֗ד vai.yu.Gad	H5046	properly · conjunction + verb, hophal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
house	לְבֵ֤ית le.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
David	דָּוִד֙ da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Syria	אֲרָ֖ם 'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · proper noun, a place name
confederate	נָ֥חָֽה Na.chah	H5117	to rest · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Ephraim	אֶפְרָ֑יִם 'ef.Ra.yim	H669	Ephrajim · proper noun, a man's name
heart	לְבָבוֹ֙ le.va.Vo	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
moved	וַיָּ֤נַע vai.Ya.na'	H5128	to waver · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
heart	וּלְבַ֣ב u.le.Vav	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
people	עַמּ֔וֹ a.Mo	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
trees	עֲצֵי 'a.tzei-	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine plural construct
wood	יַ֖עַר Ya.'ar	H3293	a copse of bushes · noun, common masculine singular absolute
moved	כְּנ֥וֹעַ ke.No.a'	H5128	to waver · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
with	מִפְּנֵי mi.pe.nei-	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
wind	רֽוּחַ Ru.ach	H7307	wind · noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Isaiah 8:12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Isaiah 9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
Leviticus 26:36-37 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken…
Numbers 14:1-3 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Deuteronomy 28:65-66 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a tremblin…
2 Samuel 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:1-9

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; but this, which is put first, was in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham. Many excellent useful sermons he preached which were not published and left upon record; for, if all that was memorable had been written, the world could not have contained the books, Joh 21:25. Perhaps in the reign of Ahaz, a wicked king, he had not opportunity to preach so much at court as in Jotham's time, and therefore then h…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 7:2

is confederate with--rather, is encamped upon the territory of Ephraim [MAURER], or better, as Rezin was encamped against Jerusalem, "is supported by" [LOWTH] Ephraim, whose land lay between Syria and Judah. The mention of "David" alludes, in sad contrast with the present, to the time when David made Syria subject to him (Sa2 8:6). Ephraim--the ten tribes. as . . . trees of . . . wood--a simultaneous agitation.

John Gill on Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David,.... Ahaz, and his family, the princes of the blood, his court and counsellors; who had intelligence of the designs and preparations of the Syrians and Israelites against them: saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim; the ten tribes; or the kingdom and king of Israel. Some render it, "Syria led"; that is, its army "unto Ephraim" (y); marched it into the land of Israel, and there joined the king of Israel's army; others, as the Vulgate Latin version, "Syria rests upon Ephraim" (z); depends upon, trusts in, takes heart and encouragement from Ephraim, or the ten tribes, being his ally. The Septuagint version is, "Syria hath agreed with Ephraim"; entered int…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 7:2

Dictionary and topics

Ahaz — Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and…
Pekah — Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen…
Remaliah — Adorned by the Lord, the father of Pekah, who conspired successfully against Pekahiah (2 Kings 15:25, 27, 30, 32, 37; Isa. 7:1, 4, 5, 9; 8:6).
Rezin — Firm; a prince, a king of Syria, who joined Pekah (q.v.) in an invasion of the kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5-9; Isa. 7:1-8). Ahaz induced Tiglath-pileser III. to attack Damascus, and this…
Ephraim, Tribe Of · The leading tribe of the kingdom of Israel — The leading tribe of the kingdom of Israel
Fear, Unholy · Exemplified: Ahaz — Exemplified: Ahaz
Pekah · Prophecies against — Prophecies against
Rezin · .Prophecy against — .Prophecy against
Trees · Illustrative: (Shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked — Illustrative: (Shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked
Wind, The · Movement of the leaves of trees, &c by, noticed — Movement of the leaves of trees, &c by, noticed

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 7:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 7:2

John Gill on Isaiah 7:2

John Calvin on Isaiah 7:2

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 7:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 7:2

John Gill on Isaiah 7:2

John Calvin on Isaiah 7:2

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 7:2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 7:2

Rashi on Isaiah 7:2