Isaiah 8:6

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Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

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Shiloah was Jerusalem’s gentle water supply near Mount Zion, where God’s Davidic rule was centered; Judah’s rejection of it meant rejecting the LORD’s provision. Damascus in Aram and Samaria in Israel were hostile northern capitals, while Assyria, figured by the flooding Euphr

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Isaiah 8:6 mentions Assyria, Damascus, Euphrates, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Samaria and Shiloah.

Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
Damascus · Dosseman
Euphrates · Ferrus
Jerusalem · Godot13

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