The Bible
Isaiah Chapter 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 Yahweh 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 washer's field. 4Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, nor let your heart faint because of these two tails of smoking torches- 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 among ourselves, and set up a king within it, the son of Tabeel." 7This is what LordOfMine Yahweh says: "It will not stand, nor will it be." 8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken in pieces, so that it will not be a people. 9The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, you will not be established.'"
10Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11"Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
12But Ahaz said, "I won't ask. I won't tempt Yahweh."
13He said, "Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will also try the patience of my God? 14Therefore LordOfMine himself will give you a sign. See, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and will call his name Immanuel. 15He'll 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 will be forsaken. 17Yahweh 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, the king of Assyria.
18In that day Yahweh 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'll come, and will all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.
20In that day LordOfMine will shave with a razor hired from beyond the River- by means of the king of Assyria- the head and the hair of the feet; and it will also sweep away the beard.
21In that day a man will keep alive a young cow, and two sheep. 22and because of the abundance of milk which they'll give he will eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.
23In that day every place where there are a thousand vines worth a thousand [shekels of] silver will become [overgrown with] briers and thorns. 24One will go there with bow and arrows, because all the land will be briers and thorns. 25As for the hills that had been cultivated with the hoe, you won't go there for fear of briers and thorns. They will be for the grazing of oxen, and for sheep to trample on."
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