And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz
the son
of Jotham
, the son
of Uzziah
, king
of Judah
, that Rezin
the king
of Syria
, and Pekah
the son
of Remaliah
, king
of Israel
, went up
toward Jerusalem
to war
against it, but could
not prevail
against it.
And it was told the house
of David
, saying
, Syria
is confederate
with Ephraim
. And his heart
was moved
, and the heart
of his people
, as the trees
of the wood
are moved
with
the wind
.
Then said the LORD
unto Isaiah
, Go forth
now to meet
Ahaz
, thou, and Shearjashub
thy son
, at the end
of the conduit
of the upper
pool
in the highway
of the fuller's
field
;
And say unto him, Take heed
, and be quiet
; fear
not, neither be fainthearted
for the two
tails
of these smoking
firebrands
, for the fierce
anger
of Rezin
with Syria
, and of the son
of Remaliah
.
Because Syria, Ephraim
, and the son
of Remaliah
, have taken evil
counsel
against thee, saying
,
Let us go up against Judah
, and vex
it, and let us make a breach
therein for us, and set
a king
in the midst
of it, even the son
of Tabeal
:
Thus saith
the Lord
GOD
, It shall not stand
, neither shall it come to pass.
For the head of Syria
is Damascus
, and the head
of Damascus
is Rezin
; and within threescore
and five
years
shall Ephraim
be broken
, that it be not a people
.
And the head of Ephraim
is Samaria
, and the head
of Samaria
is Remaliah's
son
. If ye will not believe
, surely ye shall not be established
.
Moreover the LORD spake
again
unto Ahaz
, saying
,
Ask thee a sign
of the LORD
thy God
; ask
it either in the depth
, or in the height
above
.
But Ahaz said
, I will not ask
, neither will I tempt
the LORD
.
And he said, Hear
ye now, O house
of David
; Is it a small thing
for you to weary
men
, but will ye weary
my God
also?
Therefore the Lord himself shall give
you a sign
; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive
, and bear
a son
, and shall call
his name
Immanuel
.
Butter and honey
shall he eat
, that he may know
to refuse
the evil
, and choose
the good
.
For before the child shall know
to refuse
the evil
, and choose
the good
, the land
that thou abhorrest
shall be
forsaken
of both
her kings
.
The LORD shall bring
upon thee, and upon thy people
, and upon thy father's
house
, days
that have not come
, from the day
that Ephraim
departed
from Judah
; even the king
of Assyria
.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD
shall hiss
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
.
And they shall come, and shall rest
all of them in the desolate
valleys
, and in the holes
of the rocks
, and upon all thorns
, and upon all bushes
.
In the same day shall the Lord
shave
with a razor
that is hired
, namely , by them beyond
the river
, by the king
of Assyria
, the head
, and the hair
of the feet
: and it shall also consume
the beard
.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man
shall nourish
a young
cow
, and two
sheep
;
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk
that they shall give
he shall eat
butter
: for butter
and honey
shall every one eat
that is left
in
the land
.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place
shall be, where there were a thousand
vines
at a thousand
silverlings
, it shall even be for briers
and thorns
.
With arrows and with bows
shall men come
thither; because all the land
shall become briers
and thorns
.
And on all hills that shall be digged
with the mattock
, there shall not come thither
the fear
of briers
and thorns
: but it shall be for the sending forth
of oxen
, and for the treading
of lesser cattle
.