D.
God's dealing with the unbelief of Ahaz the king of Judah
7:1—8:8
Isa. 7
:1
7:1
In the days of
aAhaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to
wage war against it, but they were not able to prevail against it.
Isa. 7
:2
7:2
And it was reported to the house of David that Aram allied with
1Ephraim, and his heart and the heart of his people quivered as the trees of the forest quiver in the face of a wind.
Isa. 7
:3
7:3
Then Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out to meet Ahaz, you and
1Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the
aupper pool, on the road to the Fuller’s Field;
Isa. 7
:4
7:4
And say to him, Be careful and be quiet; do not fear, and do not be fainthearted because of these two smoking firebrand stubs, at the burning anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.
Isa. 7
:5
7:5
Because Aram
and Ephraim and the son of Remaliah have planned evil against you, saying,
Isa. 7
:6
7:6
Let us go up against Judah and make it sick with terror and break it open for ourselves, and let us set the son of Tabel in its midst as king;
Isa. 7
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7:7
Thus says the Lord Jehovah,
It shall not stand, and it shall not happen;
Isa. 7
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7:8
For the head of Aram is Damascus,
And the head of Damascus is Rezin;
aAnd in another sixty-five years
Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
Isa. 7
:9
7:9
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah;
If you do not believe, surely you will not remain standing.
Isa. 7
:10
7:10
Then Jehovah spoke further to Ahaz, saying,
Isa. 7
:11
7:11
Ask for a sign from Jehovah your God;
1make it as deep as
2Sheol, or make
it as high as high can go.
Isa. 7
:12
7:12
And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not
atry Jehovah.
Isa. 7
:13
7:13
And he said, Hear now, O house of David, is it too small a thing for you to exhaust the patience of men that you will exhaust the patience of my God as well?
Isa. 7
:14
7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign:
aBehold, the
bvirgin will conceive and will
cbear a son, and she will call his name
1dImmanuel.
Isa. 7
:15
7:15
He will eat
acurds and honey
1until he knows how to refuse evil and choose good.
Isa. 7
:16
7:16
For before this boy knows how to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.
Isa. 7
:17
7:17
Jehovah will bring upon you and your people and the house of your father such days as have not been
asince the days when Ephraim turned away from Judah;
He will bbring upon you the king of Assyria.
Isa. 7
:18
7:18
And in that day Jehovah will
awhistle for the
1flies which are at the ends of the rivers of Egypt and for the
1bees which are in the land of Assyria.
Isa. 7
:19
7:19
And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and the clefts of the cliffs and on all the thornbushes and on all watering places.
Isa. 7
:20
7:20
In that day the Lord will shave with the
arazor hired from beyond the
1River, with the king of Assyria, the
2head and the
2hair of the legs; and it will take away the
2beard as well.
Isa. 7
:21
7:21
And in that day each man will keep alive
only a milk cow and two females of the flock.
Isa. 7
:22
7:22
And because of the abundance of milk produced, he will eat curds; for everyone left behind in the midst of the land will eat curds and honey.
Isa. 7
:23
7:23
And in that day every place where there could be a thousand vines,
worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become thorns and thistles.
Isa. 7
:24
7:24
Men will come there with arrows and bow, for all the land will be thorns and thistles.
Isa. 7
:25
7:25
And to all the hills that once were hoed with the hoe you will not go for fear of thorns and thistles; but they will become a place for cattle to roam in and for sheep to trample.
