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A Message to Ahaz

And it came to pass 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, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but they were not able to fight against it.

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Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz

In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it.

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And it was told the house of David saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. Then his heart and the heart of his people shook, as the trees of the forest are shaken with the wind.

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When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league witha Ephraim,” the heart of Ahazb and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

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And Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field;

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And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashubc your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field.

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and thou shalt say unto him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, and let not thy heart faint before these two ends of smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

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And say to him, ‘Be careful, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.

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Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, saying,

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Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,

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Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein -- the son of Tabeal;

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“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer itd for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”

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thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall not stand, nor come to pass;

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thus says the Lord God:
“‘It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.

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for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no [more a] people;

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For the head of Syria is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.

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and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye believe not, surely ye shall not be established.

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And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If youe are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’”

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The Sign of Immanuel

And Jehovah spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

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The Sign of Immanuel

Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz:

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Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above.

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“Ask a sign of the Lord yourf God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”

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And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah.

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But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”

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And he said, Hear then, house of David: Is it a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also my God?

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And heg said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?

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Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel.

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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.h

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Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

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He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

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For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.

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For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.

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Judgment to Come

Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which have not come since the day when Ephraim turned away from Judah -- [even] the king of Assyria.

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The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah — the king of Assyria!”

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And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly which is at the extremity of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria;

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In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

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and they shall come and settle all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and on all thorn-bushes, and on all the pastures.

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And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.i

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In that day will the Lord, with a razor which is hired beyond the river, with the king of Assyria, shave the head and the hair of the feet, yea, the beard also will it take away.

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In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired beyond the Riverj — with the king of Assyria — the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

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And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep,

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In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep,

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and it shall come to pass, from the abundance of milk they shall give, [that] he shall eat butter; for every one that remaineth in the midst of the land shall eat butter and honey.

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and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat curds and honey.

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And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver pieces, shall become briars and thorns:

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In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekelsk of silver, will become briers and thorns.

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with arrows and with the bow shall they come thither, for the whole land shall become briars and thorns.

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With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns.

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And all mountains that have been dug up with the hoe -- thither will they not come, from fear of briars and thorns; and they shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of small cattle.

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And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

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