Isaiah 7:1–17

And it came to pass in the days of ^aAhaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah, that ^bRezin the king of Syria, and ^bPekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towards Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. ²And 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. ³Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of ^dthe conduit of ^ethe upper pool in the ^fhighway of the fuller’s field; ⁴and say unto him,

Take heed, and be quiet;

Fear not, neither be fainthearted

For the two tails of these smoking ^gfirebrands,

For the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of ^hthe son of Remaliah.

⁵Because Syria, Ephraim, and ^hthe son of Remaliah,

Have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

⁶Let 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:

⁷Thus saith the Lord God,

ⁱIt shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

⁸For ^kthe head of Syria is ^lDamascus,

And ^llthe head of Damascus is Rezin;

And ^mwithin threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

⁹And the head of Ephraim is ⁿSamaria,

And the head of Samaria is ^hRemaliah’s son.

^oIf ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

¹⁰Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

¹¹Ask thee ^pa sign of the Lord thy God;

Ask it either ^qin the depth, or ^rin the height above.

¹²But Ahaz said, ^sI will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. ¹³And he said,

Hear ye now, ^tO house of David;

^uIs it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye ^vweary my God also?

¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself shall give you ^pwa sign;

^xBehold, ^ya Virgin shall conceive, and bear ^za Son,

And shall call his name ^aImmanuel.

^15bButter and ^bhoney shall he eat,

^cThat he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

^16dFor before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good,

^dThe land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of ^eboth her kings.

¹⁷The Lord shall bring ^fupon thee,

And ^gupon thy people, and upon thy father’s house,

Days that have not come,

From the day that ^hEphraim departed from Judah;

^fgEven the king of Assyria.