Isaiah 7:4–16

4 And 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.

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

Have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

6  Let 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:

7  Thus saith the Lord God,

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

8  For 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.

9  And 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.

10 †Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

11  Ask thee pa sign of the Lord thy God;

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

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

14  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you pwa sign;

xBehold, ya virgin shall conceive, and bear za son,

And ||shall call his name aImmanuel.

15  bButter and bhoney shall he eat,

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

16  dFor 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.