7 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.