Isaiah 7:7–16

7 thus says the Lord God:

d“It shall not stand,

Nor shall it come to pass.

8 eFor the head of Syria is Damascus,

And the head of Damascus is Rezin.

Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be 7broken,

So that it will not be a people.

9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,

And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son.

fIf you will not believe,

Surely you shall not be established.” ’ ”

The Immanuel Prophecy

10 Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 g“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; 8ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”

12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”

13 Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: hBehold, the virgin shall conceive and bear ia Son, and shall call His name jImmanuel. 915 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 kFor before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by lboth her kings.