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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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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, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

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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 it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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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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Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

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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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And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

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

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Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

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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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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:

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

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Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it 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
Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.

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For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

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

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The Sign of Immanuel

Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz:

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The Sign of Immanuel

Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

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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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Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

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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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But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

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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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And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

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

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

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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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For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

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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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Judgment to Come

The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king 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 it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss 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.

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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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And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

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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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In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

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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 in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

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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, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

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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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And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers 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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With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

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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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And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

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