Isaiah 7:1-17
Read Isaiah 7 in full →Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz
7Now it happened in the days of aAhaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that bRezin the king of Aram and cPekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but dcould not 1conquer it. 2When it was told to the ahouse of David, saying, “1The Arameans bhave camped in cEphraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
3Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son 1Shear-jashub, at the end of the aconduit of the upper pool, to the highway of the 2fuller’s field, 4and say to him, ‘Take care and stay aquiet, have no bfear and cdo not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering dfirebrands, on account of the burning anger of Rezin and Aram and the eson of Remaliah. 5‘Because aAram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has counseled evil against you, saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah and 1terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in 2its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7thus says Lord Yahweh: “aIt shall not stand, nor shall it happen. 8“For the head of Aram is aDamascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people), 9and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. aIf you do not 1establish your faith in Yahweh, you surely shall not 2be established.”’”
The Sign of Immanuel
10Then Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11“Ask a asign for yourself from Yahweh your God; 1make it deep as Sheol or high as 2heaven.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not test Yahweh!” 13Then he said, “1Listen now, O ahouse of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will btry the patience of cmy God as well? 14“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, athe 1virgin 2will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name 3,bImmanuel. 15“He will eat acurds and honey 1in order that He will know to refuse evil and choose good. 16“aFor before the boy will know to refuse evil and choose good, bthe land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken. 17“Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days which have never come since the day that aEphraim separated from Judah—the bking of Assyria!”