Isaiah 7:1–9

The Message to Ahaz

7This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah: ⁿRezin king of Aram, along with Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, waged war against Jerusalem, ^obut he could not succeed. ²When it became known to the house of David ^pthat Aram had occupied Ephraim, ^qthe heart of Ahaz ^rand the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind.

³Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub ^sto meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, ^tby the road to the Fuller’s Field. ⁴Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly ^ubecause of these two smoldering stubs of firebrands, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah. ⁵For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say, ⁶‘Let us go up against Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it for ourselves. Then we can install Tabeel’s son as king in it.’ ”

⁷This is what the Lord God says:

It will not happen; it will not occur. ^v

⁸The ^whead of Aram is Damascus,

the head of Damascus is Rezin

(within 65 years

Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),

⁹the head of Ephraim is Samaria,

and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.

If you do not stand firm in your faith,

then you will not stand at all.