Isaiah 7:5

7:5 Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise. ¹ 

Isaiah 9:9

9:9 All the people were aware ²  of it,

the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. ³ 

Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said, ⁴ 

[7:5]  ¹ 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.

[9:9]  ² tn The translation assumes that vv. 9-10 describe the people’s response to a past judgment (v. 8). The perfect is understood as indicating simple past and the vav (ו) is taken as conjunctive. Another option is to take the vav on the perfect as consecutive and translate, “all the people will know.”

[9:9]  ³ tn Heb “and the people, all of them, knew; Ephraim and the residents of Samaria.”

[9:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “with pride and arrogance of heart, saying.”