Jesus: Messiah or Myth? - Book - Page 19
of Remaliah, king of Israel, marched on Jerusalem to
wage war against it, and he could not wage war
against it.
And it was told to the House of David, saying, ‘Aram
has allied itself with Ephraim,’ and his heart and the
heart of his people trembled as the trees of the forest
tremble because of the wind.
And the Lord said to Isaiah, ‘Now go out toward Ahaz,
you and Shear-Yashuv your son, to the edge of the
conduit of the upper pool, to the road of the washer's
field.’
And you shall say to him, ‘Feel secure and calm
yourself, do not fear, and let your heart not be faint
because of these two smoking stubs of firebrands, be
cause of the raging anger of Rezin and Aram and the
son of Remaliah.
Since Aram planned harm to you, Ephraim and the son
of Remaliah, saying:
‘Let us go up against Judah and provoke it, and annex
it to us; and let us crown a king in its midst, one who is
good for us,'So said the Lord God, 'Neither shall it
succeed, nor shall it come to pass.”
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of
Damascus is Rezin; and in another sixty-five years,
Ephraim shall be broken, no longer to be a people.
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