Isaiah 7:5

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

Ps 2:2; Ps 83:3,4; Na 1:11; Zec 1:15

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.