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1 In
the days of Ahaz
the son of
Jotham, the son
of Uzziah, king
of Judah, Rezin
the king of Syria
and Pekah the
son of Remaliah,
king of Israel,
went up to
Jerusalem to war
against it, but
could not prevail
against it.
2 David’s
house was told,
“Syria is allied with Ephraim.”
His heart trembled,
and the heart
of his people,
as the trees
of the forest
tremble with the
wind.
3 Then
the LORD said
to Isaiah, “Go
out now to
meet Ahaz, you,
and Shearjashub your
son, at the
end of the
conduit of the
upper pool, on
the highway of
the fuller’s field.
4 Tell him, ‘Be
careful, and keep
calm. Don’t be
afraid, neither let your
heart be faint
because of these
two tails of
smoking torches, for
the fierce anger
of Rezin and Syria,
and of the
son of Remaliah.
5 Because Syria,
Ephraim, and the
son of Remaliah,
have plotted evil
against you, saying,
6 “Let’s go
up against Judah,
and tear it apart,
and let’s divide
it among ourselves,
and set up
a king within
it, even the son
of Tabeel.”
7 This
is what the
Lord GOD says: “It
shall not stand,
neither shall it
happen.”
8 For
the head of Syria
is Damascus, and
the head of
Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five
years Ephraim shall
be broken
in pieces, so that
it shall not
be a people.
9 The
head of Ephraim is
Samaria, and the
head of Samaria
is Remaliah’s son.
If you will
not believe, surely
you shall not
be established.’ ”
10 The
LORD spoke again
to Ahaz, saying,
11 “Ask
a sign of the
LORD your God;
ask it either
in the depth,
or in the
height above.”
12 But Ahaz
said, “I won’t ask.
I won’t tempt the
LORD.”
13 He
said, “Listen now,
house of David.
Is it not
enough for you
to try the
patience of men,
that you will
try the patience
of my God also?
14 Therefore
the Lord himself
will give you
a sign. Behold,
the virgin will
conceive, and bear
a son, and
shall call his
name Immanuel.
15 He
shall eat butter
and honey when
he knows to
refuse the evil
and choose the
good.
16 For
before the child
knows to refuse
the evil and choose
the good, the
land whose two
kings you abhor
shall be forsaken.
17 The
LORD will bring on
you, on your
people, and on
your father’s house
days that have
not come, from
the day
that Ephraim departed
from Judah, even
the king
of Assyria.
18 It
will happen in
that day that
the LORD will
whistle for the
fly that is
in the uttermost
part of the
rivers of Egypt,
and for the
bee that is
in the land
of Assyria.
19 They
shall come, and
shall all rest
in the desolate
valleys, in the
clefts of the
rocks, on all
thorn hedges, and
on all pastures.
20 In
that day the Lord
will shave with
a razor that
is hired in
the parts beyond
the River, even
with the king
of Assyria, the
head and the
hair of the
feet; and it
shall also consume
the beard.
21 It
shall happen in
that day that
a man shall keep
alive a young
cow, and two
sheep.
22 It
shall happen, that
because of the
abundance of milk
which they shall
give he shall eat
butter, for
everyone will eat
butter and honey
that is left
within the land.
23 It
will happen in
that day that
every place where
there were
a thousand vines worth
a thousand silver
shekels,
will be for
briers and thorns.
24 People will
go there with
arrows and with
bow, because all
the land will be
briers and thorns.
25 All
the hills that
were cultivated
with the hoe,
you shall not
come there for
fear of briers
and thorns; but
it shall be
for the sending
out of oxen,
and for sheep
to tread on.”