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.

And it was told {H5046} the house {H1004} of David {H1732}, saying {H559}, Syria {H758} is confederate {H5117} with Ephraim {H669}. And his heart {H3824} was moved {H5128}, and the heart {H3824} of his people {H5971}, as the trees {H6086} of the wood {H3293} are moved {H5128} with {H6440} the wind {H7307}.

It was told to the house of David that Aram and Efrayim had become allies. Achaz's heart began to tremble, as did the hearts of his people, like forest trees shaken by the wind.

When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 8:12 (4 votes)

    Say ye not, A confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

  • Isaiah 7:13 (4 votes)

    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?

  • Proverbs 28:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • Isaiah 9:9 (3 votes)

    And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

  • Isaiah 37:27 (2 votes)

    Therefore their inhabitants [were] of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.

  • 1 Kings 13:2 (2 votes)

    And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

  • Isaiah 6:13 (2 votes)

    But yet in it [shall be] a tenth, and [it] shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance [is] in them, when they cast [their leaves: so] the holy seed [shall be] the substance thereof.