ISAIAH 7

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The Sign of Immanuel

   1 When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was

king of Judan, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of

Remaliah king of lsrael marched up to fight against

Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.

   2 Now the house of David was told, "Aram has allied

itself with Ephraim"; so the hearts of Ahaz and his

people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are

shaken by the wind.

   3 Then the LORD said to lsShaz at the end of the aqueduct 

of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer's Field.

4 Say to him, 'Be careful, keep calm and don't be afraid.

Do not lose heart because of these smoldering stubs of 

firewood--because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram

and of the son of Remaliah. 5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah's

son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 "Let us invade Judah;

let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make

the son of Tabeel king over it." 7 Yet this is what the Sovereign

LORD says:

" 'It will not take place,

   it will not happen,

8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,

   and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.

Within sixty-five years

   Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.

9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,

   and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah's son.

If you do not stand firm in your faith,

   you will not stand at all.' "

   10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 "Ask the LORD your

God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the

highest heights."

   12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the LORD 

to the test."

   13 Then lsaiah said, "Hear now, you house of David! Is

it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you

try the patience of my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord

himsely will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and

give birth to a son, and will call him lmmanuel. 15 He will

be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject

the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows

enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 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 Ephraim broke away from

Judah--he will bring the king of Assyria."

Assyria, the LORD's Instrument

   18 In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the

Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.

19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and

in the crevices in the rocks, on all the thornbushes and 

at all the water holes. 20 In that day the Lord will use a razor

hired from beyond the Euphrates River-- the king of 

Assyria--to shave your heads and private parts, and to cut

off your beards also. 21 In that day, a person will keep alive

a young cow and two goats. 22 And because of the abundance

of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain

in the land will eat curds and honey. 23 In that day, in every

place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand

silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns. 24 Hunters

will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered

with vriers and thorns. 25 As for all the hills once cultivated by

the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and

thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose

and where sheep run.