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Focus on sound-play, repeated roots, and contrasts. Verse references open the BLB Hebrew interlinear.
The wordplay in Isaiah 7:9
אִם לֹא תַאֲמִינוּ כִּי לֹא תֵאָמֵנוּ
ʾim lō taʾămînû kî lō tēʾāmēnû — roughly, “If you do not believe, you will not be established.” Both verbs come from the root אמן, linking faith with firmness/reliability.
Chapter 8 gives another sharp contrast: the Lord can be a sanctuary and also a stone of stumbling.
Prepare for Nov 19 — Isaiah 9
- Read the movement from darkness to light.
- Study the royal child titles in verse 6 as a unit, not only as isolated names.
- Ask how the chapter’s hope relates to the Assyrian crisis that surrounds it.