“1 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 up toward Jerusalem to war against
it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told the house of
David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was
moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved
with the wind. 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet
Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the
upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field; 4 And say unto him,
Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two
tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with
Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son
of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, 6 Let us go
up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us,
and set a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of Tabeal: 7 Thus
saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 8
For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin;
and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be
not a people. 9 And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of
Samaria [is] Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not
be established.”
“10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a
sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height
above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; [Is it] a small thing for
you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord
himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear
a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he
eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 For
before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the
land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.”
“17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy
father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim
departed from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria. 18 And it shall come to
pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss 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. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them
in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all
thorns, and upon all bushes. 20 In the same day shall the Lord shave
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
consume the beard. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a
man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; 22 And it shall come to
pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat
butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the
land. 23 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. 24 With arrows and with bows
shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and
thorns. 25 And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock,
there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall
be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser
cattle.” (Isaiah 7:1-25 AV)