Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 7

During the reign of son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of , King Rezin of and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, marched against Jerusalem to attack it — but they couldn’t overpower it.When the was told, “Aram has allied with ,” the king’s heart and his people’s hearts .Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz — you and your son — at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the , on the road to the Launderer’s Field.Tell him: Stay calm. Don’t be afraid. Don’t let your heart go weak over these two — over Rezin and Aram’s fury, and over .Yes, Aram has plotted your downfall, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:“Let’s invade Judah and terrorize it. Let’s for ourselves and install the as its king.”This is what says: It will not stand. It will not happen.Because the of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is just Rezin. (Within sixty-five years, Ephraim will be shattered — no longer a people.)And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is just the son of Remaliah. If you do not , you will not .”Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz:“Ask Yahweh your God for a — anything. Go as deep as or as high as the heavens.”But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t Yahweh.”Then Isaiah said, “Listen now, house of David! Isn’t it enough that you of people? Must you exhaust the patience of my God too?Alright then — the Lord himself will give you a : Look — the is pregnant and is about to have a son, and she will name him .He will eat by the time he knows enough to .Because before the boy knows enough to reject what is harmful and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be .Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house, days unlike anything since — .On that day, Yahweh will for the at the far reaches of Egypt’s rivers and for the in the land of Assyria.They will all come and in the steep ravines, in the rock crevices, on every thornbush, and at every watering hole.On that day, the Lord will use a — the king of Assyria — to shave your head, the hair of your legs, and strip off your beard too.On that day, a man will keep alive one young cow and two goats —and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds. Everyone left in the land will eat .On that day, every place where there were will be nothing but thornbushes and weeds.People will go there with , because the whole land will be thornbushes and weeds.And all the hills that were once — you won’t go there anymore for fear of the thornbushes and weeds. They’ll become where cattle roam and sheep trample.