Isaiah 7:8New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, [so that it is] no longer a people),
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, that it be not a people:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within sixty five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no [more a] people;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, though the head of Syria, is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin, Yet, within threescore and five years more, shall Ephraim be broken, that it shall not be a people;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For the head of Aram [is] Damascus, And the head of Damascus [is] Rezin, And within sixty and five years Is Ephraim broken from [being] a people.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rasin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within fiue and threescore yeere, Ephraim shalbe destroyed from being a people.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin, and within threescore and fiue yeeres shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and after sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken, so that it will no longer be a people.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— But the head of Syria{gr.Aram} is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from [being] a people.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For the head of Aram [is] Dammaseq, and the head of Dammaseq [is] Retzin; and within threescore and five years shall Efrayim be broken, that it be not a people. |
For
x3588 (3588) Complementכִּיkiy{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
the head
7218 {7218} Primeרֹאשׁro'sh{roshe}
From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literally or figuratively (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.).
of
´Áräm
אֲרָם
758 {0758} Primeאֲרַם'Aram{a-rawm'}
From the same as H0759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite.
[ is]
Dammäŝek
דַּמָּשֶׂק,
1834 {1834} PrimeדַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseq{dam-meh'-sek}
Of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria.
and the head
7218 {7218} Primeרֹאשׁro'sh{roshe}
From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literally or figuratively (in many applications, of place, time, rank, etc.).
of
Dammäŝek
דַּמָּשֶׂק
1834 {1834} PrimeדַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseq{dam-meh'-sek}
Of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria.
[ is]
Ræxîn
רְצִין;
7526 {7526} PrimeרְצִיןR@tsiyn{rets-een'}
Probably for H7522; Retsin, the name of a Syrian and of an Israelite.
and within
x5750 (5750) Complementעוֹד`owd{ode}
From H5749; properly iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more.
threescore
8346 {8346} Primeשִׁשִּׁיםshishshiym{shish-sheem'}
Multiple of H8337; sixty.
and five
2568 {2568} Primeחָמֵשׁchamesh{khaw-maysh'}
A primitive numeral; five.
years
8141 {8141} Primeשָׁנֵהshaneh{shaw-neh'}
(The first form being in plural only, the second form being feminine); from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time).
shall
´Efrayim
אֶפרַיִם
669 {0669} Primeאֶפְרַיִם'Ephrayim{ef-rah'-yim}
Dual of a masculine form of H0672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.
be broken,
y2865 [2865] Standardחָתַתchathath{khaw-thath'}
A primitive root; properly to prostrate; hence to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear.
z8735 <8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 1602
x2844 (2844) Complementחַתchath{khath}
From H2865; concretely crushed; also afraid; abstractly terror.
that it be not a people.
5971 {5971} Primeעַם`am{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses. |
Isaiah 7:8
_ _ head — that is, in both Syria and Israel the capital shall remain as it is; they shall not conquer Judah, but each shall possess only his own dominions.
_ _ threescore and five ... not a people — As these words break the symmetry of the parallelism in this verse, either they ought to be placed after “Remaliah’s son,” in Isaiah 7:9, or else they refer to some older prophecy of Isaiah, or of Amos (as the Jewish writers represent), parenthetically; to which, in Isaiah 7:8, the words, “If ye will not believe ... not be established,” correspond in parallelism. One deportation of Israel happened within one or two years from this time, under Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29). Another in the reign of Hoshea, under Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:1-6), was about twenty years after. But the final one which utterly “broke” up Israel so as to be “not a people,” accompanied by a colonization of Samaria with foreigners, was under Esar-haddon, who carried away Manasseh, king of Judah, also, in the twenty-second year of his reign, sixty-five years from the utterance of this prophecy (compare Ezra 4:2, Ezra 4:3, Ezra 4:10, with 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Chronicles 33:11) [Usher]. The event, though so far off, was enough to assure the people of Judah that as God, the Head of the theocracy, would ultimately interpose to destroy the enemies of His people, so they might rely on Him now. |
Isaiah 7:8
Damascus — Damascus shall still continue the capital of the kingdom of Syria; and therefore Jerusalem shall not become a part of Rezin's dominion: but he shall keep within his own bounds, and be king of Damascus only. |
Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within (h) sixty five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
(h) Counting from the 25 years of the reign of Uzziah, at which time Amos prophesied this thing, and now Isaiah confirms that the Israelites would be led into perpetual captivity, which came to pass 20 years after Isaiah gave this message. |
- For the head:
- Dr. Jubb transposes the former part of
Isaiah 7:9 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.
, and renders, "Though the head of Syria be Damascus; and the head of Damascus Retzin; and the head of Ephraim be Samaria; and the head of Samaria Remaliah's son; yet within threescore and five years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people." This renders the passage perfectly clear; and the prophecy received its full accomplishment when Esarhaddon carried away the remains of the ten tribes.
2 Samuel 8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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Isaiah 8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 17:1-3 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. ... The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
2 Kings 17:5-23 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. ... Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
Ezra 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
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- that it be not a people:
- Heb. from a people,
Hosea 1:6-10 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. ... Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God.
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