Chapter 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 up¹ toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could¹ not prevail⁹ against it.

And it was told⁹³ the house of David, saying,² Syria is confederate¹ with Ephraim. And his heart was moved,⁴ and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved² with the wind.

Then said⁴ the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth³ now to meet² Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's⁵ field;

And say¹ unto him, Take heed,¹⁰ and be quiet;⁵⁴ fear⁴ not, neither be fainthearted^{11 3824} 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 counsel¹ against thee, saying,²

Let us go up⁴ against Judah, and vex⁵⁵ it, and let us make a breach⁵⁵ therein for us, and set⁵⁵ a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of Tabeal:

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD, It shall not stand,⁴ 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,¹¹ 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,⁵⁵ surely ye shall not be established.¹¹

Moreover the LORD spake¹⁵ again⁵⁵ unto Ahaz, saying,²

Ask³ thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask² it either in the depth,⁵⁴ or in the height⁵³ above.

But Ahaz said,⁴ I will not ask,⁴ neither will I tempt^{17 853} the LORD.

And he said,⁴ Hear³ ye now, O house of David; [Is it] a small thing for you to weary⁵³ men, but will ye weary⁵⁵ my God also?

Therefore the Lord himself shall give⁴ you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear⁶ a son, and shall call¹ his name Immanuel. ⁶⁰⁰⁵

Butter and honey shall he eat,⁴ that he may know² to refuse² the evil, and choose² the good.

For before the child shall know⁴ to refuse² the evil, and choose² the good, the land that thou abhorrest⁵ shall be forsaken¹¹ of both her kings.

The LORD shall bring⁵⁵ upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come,¹ from the day that Ephraim departed² from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss⁴ 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,¹ and shall rest¹ 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 shave¹⁷ 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 consume⁴ the beard.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish¹⁷ a young cow, ¹²⁴¹ and two sheep;

And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give² he shall eat⁴ butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat⁴ that is left¹² 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] come⁴ thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

And [on] all hills that shall be digged¹¹ with the mattock, there shall not come⁴ thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.