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and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah`s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.
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Faith is Your Foundation
Commentators highlight the powerful wordplay in the original Hebrew, where the words for “believe” and “be established” share the same root. The message is a timeless principle: if you do not hold firm in your faith in God's promises, you cannot be held firm or made secure by Him. True stability amidst life's trials comes not from human strategies but from trusting God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the head of Ephraim - The capital city of Ephraim, or of Israel.
Is Samaria - This was long the capital of the kingdom of …
19th Century
Anglican
If you will not believe ... —The prophet reads the thoughts that were working in the king’s mind. He had no faith in thes…
Baptist
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let …
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16th Century
Protestant
Meanwhile the head of Ephraim is Samaria. As this is a repetition by which he confirms what he previously said—that God had set b…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria. Samaria was the metropolis or chief city of Ephraim, or the ten tribes of Israel: <…
Ungodly men are often punished by others as bad as themselves. Being in great distress and confusion, the Jews gave up all for lost. They had made …
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13th Century
Catholic
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham. Here, the threat against the enemies of the two tribes is presented. …
