Isaiah:7

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* It happened in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham , the son of Uzziah , king of Judah , that Rezin the king of Syria , and Pekah the son of Remaliah , king of Israel , went up to Jerusalem to war against it , but could not prevail against it . * It was told the house of David , saying , "Syria is allied with Ephraim ." His heart trembled , and the heart of his people , as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind . * Then Yahweh said to Isaiah , "Go out now to meet Ahaz , you , and Shearjashub your son , at the end of the conduit of the upper pool , on the highway of the fuller 's field . * Tell him , 'Be careful , and keep calm . Don 't be afraid , neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches , for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria , and of the son of Remaliah . * Because Syria , Ephraim , and the son of Remaliah , have plotted evil against you , saying , * "Let 's go up against Judah , and tear it apart , and let 's divide it among ourselves , and set up a king in its midst , even the son of Tabeel ." * This is what the Lord Yahweh says : "It shall not stand , neither shall it happen ." * For the head of Syria is Damascus , and the head of Damascus is Rezin ; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces , so that it shall not be a people ; * and the head of Ephraim is Samaria , and the head of Samaria is Remaliah 's son . If you will not believe , surely you shall not be established .'" * Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz , saying , * "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God ; ask it either in the depth , or in the height above ." * But Ahaz said , "I will not ask , neither will I tempt Yahweh ." * He said , "Listen now , house of David . Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men , that you will try the patience of my God also ? * Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign . Behold , the virgin will conceive , and bear a son , and shall call his name Immanuel . {"Immanuel " means "God with us ."} * He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil , and choose the good . * For before the child knows to refuse the evil , and choose the good , the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken . * Yahweh will bring on you , on your people , and on your father 's house , days that have not come , from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah ; even the king of Assyria . * It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt , and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria . * They shall come , and shall all rest in the desolate valleys , in the clefts of the rocks , on all thorn hedges , and on all pastures . * In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River , even with the king of Assyria , the head and the hair of the feet ; and it shall also consume the beard . * It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow , and two sheep ; * and it shall happen , that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter : for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land . * It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels , shall be for briers and thorns . * People will go there with arrows and with bow , because all the land will be briers and thorns . * All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe , you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns ; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen , and for the treading of sheep ."

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