Verse 8

For the head{H7218} of Syria{H758} is Damascus,{H1834} and the head{H7218} of Damascus{H1834} is Rezin;{H7526} and within threescore{H8346} and five{H2568} years{H8141} shall Ephraim{H669} be broken{H2865} in pieces, so that it shall not be a people:{H5971}

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 17:1-3 : 1 The burden{H4853} of Damascus.{H1834} Behold, Damascus{H1834} is taken away{H5493} from being a city,{H5892} and it shall be a ruinous{H4654} heap.{H4596} 2 The cities{H5892} of Aroer{H6177} are forsaken;{H5800} they shall be for flocks,{H5739} which shall lie down,{H7257} and none shall make them afraid.{H2729} 3 And the fortress{H4013} shall cease{H7673} from Ephraim,{H669} and the kingdom{H4467} from Damascus,{H1834} and the remnant{H7605} of Syria;{H758} they shall be as the glory{H3519} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • Gen 14:15 : 15 And he divided{H2505} himself against them by night,{H3915} he and his servants,{H5650} and smote{H5221} them, and pursued{H7291} them unto Hobah,{H2327} which is on the left hand{H8040} of Damascus.{H1834}
  • 2 Sam 8:6 : 6 Then David{H1732} put{H7760} garrisons{H5333} in Syria{H758} of Damascus;{H1834} and the Syrians{H758} became servants{H5650} to David,{H1732} and brought{H5375} tribute.{H4503} And Jehovah{H3068} gave victory{H3467} to David{H1732} whithersoever he went.{H1980}
  • 2 Kgs 17:5-9 : 5 Then the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came up{H5927} throughout all the land,{H776} and went up{H5927} to Samaria,{H8111} and besieged{H6696} it three{H7969} years.{H8141} 6 In the ninth{H8671} year{H8141} of Hoshea{H1954} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} took{H3920} Samaria,{H8111} and carried{H1540} Israel{H3478} away{H1540} unto Assyria,{H804} and placed{H3427} them in Halah,{H2477} and on the Habor,{H2249} the river{H5104} of Gozan,{H1470} and in the cities{H5892} of the Medes.{H4074} 7 And it was so, because the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} who brought them up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} from under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and had feared{H3372} other{H312} gods,{H430} 8 and walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of the nations,{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} which they made.{H6213} 9 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644} things{H1697} that were not right against Jehovah{H3068} their God:{H430} and they built{H1129} them high places{H1116} in all their cities,{H5892} from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city;{H5892} 10 and they set them up{H5324} pillars{H4676} and Asherim{H842} upon every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086} 11 and there they burnt incense{H6999} in all the high places,{H1116} as did the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} carried away{H1540} before{H6440} them; and they wrought{H6213} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke Jehovah{H3068} to anger;{H3707} 12 and they served{H5647} idols,{H1544} whereof Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213} this thing.{H1697} 13 Yet Jehovah{H3068} testified{H5749} unto Israel,{H3478} and unto Judah,{H3063} by{H3027} every prophet,{H5030} and every seer,{H2374} saying,{H559} Turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways,{H1870} and keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes,{H2708} according to all the law{H8451} which I commanded{H6680} your fathers,{H1} and which I sent{H7971} to you by{H3027} my servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear,{H8085} but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} like to the neck{H6203} of their fathers,{H1} who believed{H539} not in Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} 15 And they rejected{H3988} his statutes,{H2706} and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772} with their fathers,{H1} and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749} unto them; and they followed{H3212} vanity,{H1892} and became vain,{H1891} and [went] after{H310} the nations{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom Jehovah{H3068} had charged{H6680} them that they should not do{H6213} like them. 16 And they forsook{H5800} all the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and made{H6213} them molten images,{H4541} even two{H8147} calves,{H5695} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} Baal.{H1168} 17 And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} and used{H7080} divination{H7081} and enchantments,{H5172} and sold{H4376} themselves to do{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707} 18 Therefore Jehovah{H3068} was very{H3966} angry{H599} with Israel,{H3478} and removed{H5493} them out of his sight:{H6440} there was none left{H7604} but the tribe{H7626} of Judah{H3063} only. 19 Also Judah{H3063} kept{H8104} not the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} but walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of Israel{H3478} which they made.{H6213} 20 And Jehovah{H3068} rejected{H3988} all the seed{H2233} of Israel,{H3478} and afflicted{H6031} them, and delivered{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of spoilers,{H8154} until he had cast{H7993} them out of his sight.{H6440} 21 For he rent{H7167} Israel{H3478} from the house{H1004} of David;{H1732} and they made Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat{H5028} king:{H4427} and Jeroboam{H3379} drove{H5080} Israel{H3478} from following{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} and made them sin{H2398} a great{H1419} sin.{H2401} 22 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} walked{H3212} in all the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam{H3379} which he did;{H6213} they departed{H5493} not from them; 23 until Jehovah{H3068} removed{H5493} Israel{H3478} out of his sight,{H6440} as he spake{H1696} by{H3027} all his servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} So Israel{H3478} was carried away{H1540} out of their own land{H127} to Assyria{H804} unto this day.{H3117}
  • Ezra 4:2 : 2 then they drew{H5066} near to Zerubbabel,{H2216} and to the heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} [houses], and said{H559} unto them, Let us build{H1129} with you; for we seek{H1875} your God,{H430} as ye do; and we sacrifice{H2076} unto him since the days{H3117} of Esar-haddon{H634} king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} who brought us up hither.{H5927}
  • Isa 8:4 : 4 For before the child{H5288} shall have knowledge{H3045} to cry,{H7121} My father,{H1} and, My mother,{H517} the riches{H2428} of Damascus{H1834} and the spoil{H7998} of Samaria{H8111} shall be carried away{H5375} before{H6440} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}
  • Hos 1:6-9 : 6 And she conceived again,{H2029} and bare{H3205} a daughter.{H1323} And [Jehovah] said{H559} unto him, Call{H7121} her name{H8034} Lo-ruhamah;{H3819} for I will no more{H3254} have mercy{H7355} upon the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} that I should{H5375} in any wise pardon{H5375} them. 7 But I will have mercy{H7355} upon the house{H1004} of Judah,{H3063} and will save{H3467} them by Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and will not save{H3467} them by bow,{H7198} nor by sword,{H2719} nor by battle,{H4421} by horses,{H5483} nor by horsemen.{H6571} 8 Now when she had weaned{H1580} Lo-ruhamah,{H3819} she conceived,{H2029} and bare{H3205} a son.{H1121} 9 And [Jehovah] said,{H559} Call{H7121} his name{H8034} Lo-ammi;{H3818} for ye are not my people,{H5971} and I will not be your [God]. 10 Yet the number{H4557} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall be as the sand{H2344} of the sea,{H3220} which cannot be measured{H4058} nor numbered;{H5608} and it shall come to pass that, in the place{H4725} where it was said{H559} unto them, Ye are not my people,{H5971} it shall be said{H559} unto them, [Ye are] the sons{H1121} of the living{H2416} God.{H410}