Isaiah 7:1–9

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 toward 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.