‏ Isaiah 7

CHAPTER 7

War Waged against Jerusalem

1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah, ascended Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to wage war with it, and they were not able to assault it. 2And it was announced in the house of David, saying, [²joined in harmony ¹Aram] to   Ephraim. And it startled   his soul, and the soul   of his people, in which manner [²in ³a grove ¹a tree ⁵by ⁶a wind ⁴is shaken]. 3And the lord said to Isaiah, Go forth to meet with Ahaz, you and the one being left behind, Jasub   your son, to the [²pool   ¹upper] by way of the field of the fuller. 4And you shall say to him, Guard   to be still, and do not fear! nor   your soul be weak from the two trees   [²firebrands,   ¹of these smoking]; for whenever the anger   of my rage takes place, again I will heal. 5And as far as  the son   of Aram, and the son   of Remaliah, that they consulted [²counsel ¹wicked], saying, 6We shall ascend unto   Judea, and conversing together with them, we shall turn them to us, and we will give to reign over them the son of Tabeal. 7Thus says the lord  of Hosts, In no way should [²abide   ¹this counsel], nor will it be so. 8But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; but yet sixty and five years [⁴will fail ¹the ²kingdom ³of Ephraim] from the people. 9And the head of Ephraim, is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son   of Remaliah. And if you should not trust, neither should you perceive.

Immanuel

10And the lord proceeded to speak   to Ahaz, saying, 11Ask for yourself a sign by the lord  your God, in the depth, or in the height. 12And Ahaz said, In no way shall I ask, nor shall I test the lord. 13And he said, Hear indeed, O house of David! Is it a small thing  to you [²a struggle ¹to furnish] to men, then how [³to the lord  ¹do you furnish ²a struggle]? 14On account of this, [³will give ¹the lord  ²himself] to you a sign; behold, the virgin [²in ³the womb ¹will conceive], and shall bear a son, and you shall call   his name Immanuel. 15Butter and honey he shall eat, before   he knows to prefer wicked or to choose the good. 16For before   [³knows ¹the ²male child] good or evil, in resisting persuasion of wickedness he chooses the good. And [³shall be abandoned ¹the ²land] which you fear of in front of the two kings. 17But [²shall bring ³upon ⁴you   ¹God], and upon   your people, and upon the house   of your father, days which [²not yet ¹have ³come] from which day Ephraim removed from Judah the king of the Assyrians. 18And it will be in   that day, the lord will whistle for the flies which shall dominate part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the place of the Assyrians. 19And they shall come, and they shall all rest in the ravines of the place, and in the burrows of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every breach, and in every tree. 20In   that day the lord shall shave with the razor   [⁵having been intoxicated ⁶from the other side ⁷of the ⁸river ³of the king ⁴of the Assyrians ¹the ²head], even the hairs of the feet, and [²the ³beard ¹he will remove]. 21And it will be in   that day, [²shall maintain ¹a man] a heifer of the oxen, and two sheep. 22And it will be from the much drinking of milk [⁷butter ⁸and ⁹honey ⁶shall eat ¹every one   ²being left behind ³upon ⁴the ⁵land]. 23And it will be in   that day that every place where ever might be a thousand grapevines worth a thousand shekels,   they shall be uncultivated and for the thorn-bush. 24With arrow and bow they shall enter there; for it is an uncultivated land, and the thorn-bush will be in all the land. 25And every mountain being plowed shall be plowed; in no way shall [²come upon ³there ¹fear]; for it will be from the uncultivated land and thorn-bush a land for pastured sheep and for trampling of the ox.