Isaiah 7
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Isaiah Reassures King Ahaz
1#2Ki 15:37; 16:1And 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 Aram, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2#Isa 7:13; 8:12It was said to the house of David, “Aram is allied with Ephraim.” Then his heart trembled and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood tremble with the wind.
3#2Ki 18:17; Isa 36:2Then the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field, 4#Dt 20:3; Isa 30:15and say to him, Take heed, and be quiet. Do not fear nor be fainthearted because of the two tails of these smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin with Aram and of the son of Remaliah, 5because Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have taken evil counsel against you, saying, 6Let us go up against Judah, and trouble it, and let us make a breach there for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel. 7#Isa 8:10Thus says the Lord God:
It shall not stand,
nor shall it come to pass.
8#Isa 17:1–3; Ge 14:15 For the head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
Now within sixty-five years
Ephraim shall be broken so that it is not a people.
9#2Ch 20:20 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you will not believe,
surely you shall not be established.
The Sign of Immanuel
10Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying: 11#Isa 37:30; 38:7–8Ask for a sign from the Lord your God. Make it either as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.
12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nor will I tempt the Lord.
13#Isa 43:24; 7:2Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David. Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14#Isa 8:8; Mt 1:23; Isa 9:6Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: The virgin#Heb. young woman. shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.#Or God with us. 15#Isa 7:22Curds and honey he shall eat at the time that he knows enough to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16#Isa 8:4For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread shall be forsaken of both her kings. 17#Isa 8:7–8; 10:5–6The Lord shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon your father’s house, days that have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.”
18#Isa 5:26In that day the Lord shall 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. 19#Isa 2:19; Jer 16:16They shall come, and all of them shall rest in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and on all thorns, and on all bushes. 20#Isa 8:7; 10:15In that same day the Lord shall shave with a hired razor, from regions beyond the River,#Euphrates River. with the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the legs, and it shall also remove the beard. 21#Isa 5:17; Jer 39:10In that day a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep, 22#Isa 7:15and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he shall eat curds; for everyone who is left in the land shall eat curds and honey. 23#Isa 5:6In that day every place where there were a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels#About 25 pounds, or 12 kilograms. of silver, shall become briers and thorns. 24With arrows and with bows shall men come there because all the land shall become briers and thorns. 25On all hills that used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns. But it shall be for pasturing oxen and for sheep to tread.
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Isaiah 7
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1In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it. 2When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim,” his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
3And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go forth to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub#7.3 That is A remnant shall return your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field, 4and say to him, ‘Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah. 5Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, 6“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabe-el as king in the midst of it,” 7thus says the Lord God:
It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.
8For the head of Syria is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
(Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)
9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you will not believe,
surely you shall not be established.’ ”
10Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11“Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? 14#Mt 1.23. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman#7.14 Or virgin shall conceive and bear#7.14 Or is with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanu-el.#7.14 That is God is with us 15He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted. 17The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria.”
18In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly which is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria. 19And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.
20In that day the Lord will shave with a razor which is hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
21In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep; 22and because of the abundance of milk which they give, he will eat curds; for every one that is left in the land will eat curds and honey.
23In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. 24With bow and arrows men will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns; 25and as for all the hills which used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
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