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Isaiah 7:4

Isaiah 7:4 say H559 (H8804) heed H8104 (H8734) quiet H8252 (H8685) fear H3372 (H8799) fainthearted H7401 (H8735) H3824 two H8147 stubs H2180 smoking H6226 firebrands H181 fierce H2750 anger H639 Rezin H7526 Syria H758 son H1121 Remaliah H7425

Take heed - Isaiah 30:7, Isaiah 30:15; Exodus 14:13-14; 2 Chronicles 20:17; Lamentations 3:26

fear not - Isaiah 8:11-14, Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 51:12-13; Matthew 10:28, Matthew 24:6

neither be fainthearted - Heb. let not they heart be tender, Deuteronomy 20:3; 1 Samuel 17:32

the two tails - Isaiah 7:8, Isaiah 8:4; 2 Kings 15:29-30; Amos 4:11

Quiet - PtC H35082

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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