(KJV) Isaiah 7¹

⥃A Message to Ahaz

[1] And it came to pass in the days² of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, [that] Rezin³ the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could⁴ not prevail against it. [2] And it was told the house⁵ of David, saying, Syria is confederate with⁶ Ephraim. And his heart⁷ was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. [3] Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth⁸ now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub⁹ thy son, at the end¹⁰ of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway¹¹ of the fuller’s field; [4] And say unto him, Take heed¹², and be quiet; fear not¹³, neither be fainthearted¹⁴ for the two tails¹⁵ of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. [5] Because Syria¹⁶, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, [6] Let us go up against Judah, and vex¹⁷ it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, [even] the son of Tabeal: [7] Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.¹⁸ [8] For the head¹⁹ of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within²⁰ threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people²¹. [9] And the head²² of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is] Remaliah’s son. If ye²³ will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

⥃The Sign of Immanuel ^{[ Matthew 1:18–25 ]}

[10] Moreover²⁴ the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, [11] Ask thee a sign²⁵ of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth²⁶, or in the height above. [12] But Ahaz said, I will not ask²⁷, neither²⁸ will I tempt²⁹ the Lord. [13] And he said, Hear ye now, O house³⁰ of David; [Is it] a small³¹ thing for you to weary³² men, but will ye³³ weary my God also? [14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold³⁴, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call³⁵³⁶ his name Immanuel³⁷. [15] Butter³⁸ and honey shall he eat, that he may know³⁹ to refuse the evil, and choose the good. [16] For before⁴⁰ the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land⁴¹ that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

⥃Judgment to Come ^{[ Micah 1:1–7 ]}

[17] The Lord shall bring upon⁴² thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day⁴³ that Ephraim departed from Judah; [even] the king of Assyria. [18] And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall hiss⁴⁴ for the fly⁴⁵ that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee⁴⁶ that [is] in the land of Assyria. [19] And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes⁴⁷ of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes⁴⁸. [20] In the same day shall the Lord shave⁴⁹ with a razor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head⁵⁰, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. [21] And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man⁵¹ shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; [22] And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey⁵² shall every one eat that is left in the land⁵³. [23] And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines⁵⁴ at a thousand silverlings, it shall [even] be for briers⁵⁵ and thorns. [24] With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.⁵⁶ [25] And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it⁵⁷ shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.