Isaiah 7

1 Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

2 When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,

4 and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.

5 For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

6 ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

7 But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

8 For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”

10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,

11 “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

12 But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”

13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

15 By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

16 For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

17 The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

18 On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

20 On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.

21 On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

22 and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

23 And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.

24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

25 For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.

1 ¶ 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.

2 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.

3 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;

4 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.

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

6 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:

7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

8 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.

9 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.

10 ¶ Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

13 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?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16 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.

17 ¶ 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.

18 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.

19 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.

20 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.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

22 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.

23 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.

24 With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

25 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.

1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to fight against them, but could not prevail against them.

2 And it was told the house of David, saying, The Syrians rely upon Ephraim. Then his heart and the heart of his people trembled, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

2 And I took unto me two faithful witnesses, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah,

3 And the LORD said unto Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, thou, and Sear-jashub thy son, unto the end of the water-pipes by the upper pool, by the way of the dyer's field,

3 And I went unto a prophetess, and she conceived, and bare a son. And the LORD said unto me, Call his name Raubebald, hurry up.

4 And say unto him, Beware, and be still. Fear not, and let not thine heart be troubled for these two fires of fire, which smoke, even for the wrath of Rezin with the Syrians, and for the wrath of the son of Remaliah,

4 For before the child can cry: Dear father, dear mother, the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria shall be taken away by the king of Assyria.

5 That the Syrians have made an evil counsel against thee, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:

5 And the LORD spake unto me further, saying;

6 And we will go up to Judah, and raise them up, and divide them among us, and make the son of Tabeal king within.

6 Because this people despised the waters of Shiloh, which were still, and took comfort of Rezin the son of Remaliah,

7 For thus saith the LORD GOD; It shall not stand, nor be so,

7 Behold, the LORD shall bring upon them strong waters, and many waters of the river, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory, to pass over all their rivers, and to go over all their banks;

8 But as Damascus is the head of Syria, so Rezin shall be the head of Damascus. And sixty and five years shall be the end of Ephraim, and they shall be no more one people.

8 And shall break in upon Judah, and shall flood, and go over, until they reach unto the neck, and shall spread their wings, and fill thy land, O Immanuel, as far as it is.

9 And as Samaria is the head of Ephraim, so shall the son of Remaliah be the head of Samaria. If ye believe not, ye shall not abide.

10 And the LORD spake again unto Alias, saying:

11 Ask thee a sign from the LORD thy God, whether it be in hell below, or in heaven above.

12 But Alias said: I will not require it, lest I tempt the LORD.

13 And he said, Come now, ye of the house of David, is it not enough for you to offend men; ye must also offend my God?

14 Therefore the LORD himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin is with child, and shall bring forth a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know how to reject evil, and to choose good.

16 For before the child learneth to reject evil, and to choose good, the land which thou fearest shall be forsaken of her two kings].

17 But the LORD will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that are not come since the time that Ephraim was separated from Judah by the king of Assyria;

18 For in that day shall the LORD swallow up the fly that is at the end of the waters of Egypt, and the bee that is in the land of Assyria,

19 And they shall come and lay them all down by the dry brooks, and in the clefts of the rocks, and in every hedge, and in every bush.

20 In that day shall the LORD shave off the head, and the hair of the feet, and take off the beard with a hired clipper, even by them that are beyond the water, as by the king of Assyria.

21 In that day shall a man draw a herd of cows, and two flocks.

22 And he shall have so much to milk, that he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall he eat that is left in the land.

23 For it shall come to pass in that day, that where now there are a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, there shall be thorns and hedges,

24 To go thither with bows and arrows. For throughout the land there will be thorns and hedges,

25 And it shall come to pass, that in all the mountains which are hewn down with hews, they shall not come for fear of the thorns and the hedges, but shall let oxen go there, and sheep tread thereon. Ch. 8, v. 1: And the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great letter, and write thereon with a man's pen, saying, Robbery, haste.