1 Now it came about in the days of A2 Kin 16:1; Is 1:1Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that B2 Kin 15:37Rezin the king of Aram and C2 Kin 15:25; 2 Chr 28:6Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but DIs 7:6, 7could not 1Lit fight againstconquer it. 2 When it was reported to the AIs 7:13; 22:22house of David, saying, “The Arameans 1Lit has settled down onBIs 8:12have camped in CIs 9:9Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake 2Lit from beforewith the wind.

3 Then the Loʀᴅ said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son 1I.e. a remnant shall returnShear-jashub, at the end of the A2 Kin 18:17; Is 36:2conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the 2I.e. laundryman’sfuller’s field, 4 and say to him, ‘Take care and be AEx 14:13; Is 30:15; Lam 3:26calm, have no BIs 10:24; Matt 24:6fear and CDeut 20:3; 1 Sam 17:32; Is 35:4do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering DAmos 4:11; Zech 3:2firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the EIs 7:1, 9son of Remaliah. 5  ‘Because AIs 7:2Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, 6 “Let us go up against Judah and 1Lit cause it a sickening dreadterrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in 2Lit itits walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7 thus says the Lord 1Heb YHWH, usually rendered LoʀᴅGoᴅ: “AIs 8:10; 28:18; Acts 4:25, 26It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. 8  “For the head of Aram is AGen 14:15; Is 17:1-3Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people), 9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. A2 Chr 20:20; Is 5:24; 8:6-8; 30:12-14If you will not believe, you surely shall not 1Or be establishedlast.” ’ ”

10 Then the Loʀᴅ spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask a A2 Kin 19:29; Is 37:30; 38:7, 8; 55:13sign for yourself from the Loʀᴅ your God; 1So with the versions; M.T. make the request deep or highmake it deep as Sheol or high as 2Lit heightsheaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Loʀᴅ!” 13 Then he said, “Listen now, O AIs 7:2house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will BIs 1:14; 43:24try the patience of CIs 25:1my God as well? 14  “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, AMatt 1:23a 1Or maidenvirgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name 2I.e. God is with usBIs 8:8, 10Immanuel. 15  “He will eat AIs 7:22curds and honey 1Lit with respect to his knowingat the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. 16  “AIs 8:4For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, BIs 8:14; 17:3; Jer 7:15; Hos 5:3, 9, 14; Amos 1:3-5the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

17  “The Loʀᴅ will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that A1 Kin 12:16Ephraim separated from Judah, the B2 Chr 28:20; Is 8:7, 8; 10:5, 6king of Assyria.”

18 In that day the Loʀᴅ will AIs 5:26whistle for the fly that is in the 1Or mouth of the rivers; i.e. the Nile DeltaBIs 13:5remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 They will all come and settle on the steep 1Or wadisravines, on the AIs 2:19; Jer 16:16ledges of the cliffs, BIs 7:24, 25on all the thorn bushes and on all the 2Or pastureswatering places.

20 In that day the Lord will A2 Kin 18:13-16; Is 24:1shave with a BEzek 5:1-4razor, CIs 10:5, 15hired from regions beyond DIs 8:7; 11:15; Jer 2:18the 1Lit RiverEuphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

21 Now in that day a man may keep alive a AIs 14:30; 27:10; Jer 39:10heifer and a pair of sheep; 22 and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat AIs 8:15curds and honey.

23 And it will come about in that day, AIs 5:10; 32:13, 14that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become BIs 5:6briars and thorns. 24 People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns. 25 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for 1Lit sendingAIs 5:17pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.