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1In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziʹah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliʹah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it. 2When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Eʹphraim,” his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

3And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go forth to meet Ahaz, you and Sheʹar-jashʹub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field, 4and say to him, ‘Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliʹah. 5Because Syria, with Eʹphraim and the son of Remaliʹah, has devised evil against you, saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Taʹbe-el as king in the midst of it,” 7thus says the Lord God:

It shall not stand,

and it shall not come to pass.

8For the head of Syria is Damascus,

and the head of Damascus is Rezin.

(Within sixty-five years Eʹphraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)

9And the head of Eʹphraim is Samarʹia,

and the head of Samarʹia is the son of Remaliʹah.

If you will not believe,

surely you shall not be established.’ ”

10Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11“Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanʹu-el 15He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted. 17The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Eʹphraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria.”

18In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly which is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria. 19And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.

20In that day the Lord will shave with a razor which is hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

21In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep; 22and because of the abundance of milk which they give, he will eat curds; for every one that is left in the land will eat curds and honey.

23In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. 24With bow and arrows men will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns; 25and as for all the hills which used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
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