This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah: Aram’s King Rezin and Israel’s King Pekah son of Remaliah went to fight against Jerusalem, but they were not able to conquer it.
When it became known to the house of David that Aram had occupied Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz[fn] and the hearts of his people trembled like trees of a forest shaking in the wind.
The LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub[fn] to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, by the road to the Launderer’s Field.
“Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly because of these two smoldering sticks, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.
“For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted harm against you. They say,
“‘Let us go up against Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it for ourselves. Then we can install Tabeel’s son as king in it.’ ”
The[fn] chief of Aram is Damascus,
the chief city of Damascus is Rezin
(within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),
the chief of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the chief city of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you do not stand firm in your faith,
then you will not stand at all.
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God — it can be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”
Isaiah said, “Listen, house of David! Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men? Will you also try the patience of my God?
“By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating curds[fn] and honey.
“For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.
“The LORD will bring on you, your people, and your father’s house such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah: He will bring the king of Assyria.”
On that day
the LORD will whistle to flies
at the farthest streams of the Nile
and to bees in the land of Assyria.
All of them will come and settle
in the steep ravines, in the clefts of the rocks,
in all the thornbushes, and in all the water holes.
On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River — the king of Assyria — to shave the hair on your heads, the hair on your legs, and even your beards.
and from the abundant milk they give
he will eat curds,
for every survivor in the land will eat curds and honey.
And on that day
every place where there were a thousand vines,
worth a thousand pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.
A man will go there with bow and arrows
because the whole land will be thorns and briers.
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