Job 22:28

22:28 Whatever you decide ¹  on a matter,

it will be established for you,

and light will shine on your ways.

Isaiah 7:5-7

7:5 Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise. ²  7:6 They say, “Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. ³  Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.” ⁴  7:7 For this reason the sovereign master, ⁵  the Lord, says:

“It will not take place;

it will not happen.

¹ tn The word is גָּזַר (gazar, “to cut”), in the sense of deciding a matter.

² tn This sentence opens with the conjunction יַעַן כִּי (ya’an ki, “because”). Consequently some take vv. 5-6 with what precedes, as another reason why Ahaz might be tempted to fear (see v. 4). However, it is more likely that vv. 5-6 give the basis for the Lord’s announcement in vv. 7-9. The conjunction יַעַן כִּי here introduces the basis for judgment (as in 3:16; 8:6; 29:13), which is then followed by the formal announcement of judgment.

³ tn Heb “and let us break it open for ourselves”; NASB “make for ourselves a breach in its walls”; NLT “fight our way into.”

⁴ tn Heb “and we will make the son of Tabeel king in its midst.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 14, 19 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).