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War against Jerusalem

Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not conquer 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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When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans have camped in Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake 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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Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to 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 say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and 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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‘Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, 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 terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls 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 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 says the Lord GOD: “It shall not stand nor shall it 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 Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer 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 the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely shall not last.”’”

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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 Child Immanuel

Then the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

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The Sign of Immanuel

Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz:

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“Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”

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

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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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Then he said, “Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?

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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 the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will 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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“He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose 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 boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will 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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Trials to Come for Judah

“The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah, 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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In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that 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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They will all come and settle on the steep ravines, on the ledges of the cliffs, on all the thorn bushes and on all the watering places.

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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 the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

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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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Now in that day a man may keep alive a heifer and a pair of sheep;

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

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and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat curds 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 will come about in that day, that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will 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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People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be 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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As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

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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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