Isaiah 7

Isaiah 7

1In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham , the son of Uzziah , king of Judah , Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah , king of Israel , went up to Jerusalem to war against it , but could not prevail against it .

2David ’s house was told , “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled , and the heart of his people , as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind .

3Then the LORD said to Isaiah , “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you , and Shearjashub your son , at the end of the conduit of the upper pool , on the highway of the fuller’s field .

4Tell him , ‘Be careful , and keep calm . Don’t be afraid , neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah .

5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah , have plotted evil against you , saying,

6“Let’s go up against Judah , and tear it apart, and let’s divide it amongst ourselves, and set up a king within it , even the son of Tabeel .”

7This is what the Lord GOD says : “It shall not stand , neither shall it happen .”

8For the head of Syria is Damascus , and the head of Damascus is Rezin . Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people .

9The head of Ephraim is Samaria , and the head of Samaria is Remaliah ’s son . If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established .’”

10The LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying ,

11“Ask a sign of the LORD your God ; ask it either in the depth , or in the height above .”

12But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask . I won’t tempt the LORD .”

13He said , “Listen now , house of David . Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also ?

14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold , the virgin will conceive , and bear a son , and shall call his name Immanuel .[#7:14 “Immanuel” means “God with us”.]

15He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good .

16For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good , the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken .

17The LORD will bring on you , on your people , and on your father’s house days that have not come , from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah , even the king of Assyria.

18It will happen in that day that the LORD will whistle 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.

19They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys , in the clefts of the rocks , on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.

20In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River , even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet ; and it shall also consume the beard .

21It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow , and two sheep .

22It shall happen , that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter , for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land .

23It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels , will be for briers and thorns .[#7:23 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or 22 pounds.]

24People will go there with arrows and with bow , because all the land will be briers and thorns .

25All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe , you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns ; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen , and for sheep to tread on .”

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