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          DASV: Isaiah 7    

1 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king
of Judah, King Rezin of Aram, and Pekah the son of Remaliah,
king of Israel, went up to attack Jerusalem, but could not
prevail against it.
2 It was reported to the house of David, "Syria has allied itself
with Ephraim." His heart and the heart of his people were shaken,
as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.
3 Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you
and your son Shear-jashub [a remnant will return], at the end
of the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the Laundry
Washing Field.
4 Tell him, 'Be careful, be quiet, and don't be afraid. Do not
be timid, because of these two stubs of smoldering sticks, because
of the fierce anger of Rezin, Aram, and the son of Remaliah.
5 Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil
against you, saying,
6 "Let us go up against Judah, terrorize it, and rip it apart
and divide it up for ourselves. Let us set up a king, the
son of Tabeel, over it."'
7 This is what the sovereign LORD says:
     "It will not stand,
           and it will not happen,
8 for the head of Aram is Damascus,
           and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
     Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered in pieces,
           so that it will not be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
           and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son.
     If you will not faithfully stand firm,
           then you will not stand at all."

10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,
11 "Request a sign from the LORD your God; ask it either in the
depths of Sheol, or in the height of heaven."
12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask. I will not test the LORD."
13 Then Isaiah said, "Listen now, O house of David. Is it too
small a thing for you try the patience of humans, that you
want to try the patience of my God too?
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look,
a virgin will conceive, and give birth to a son, and you will
call him Immanuel [God with us].
15 He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to refuse
the evil, and choose the good.
16 For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose
the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.
17 The LORD will bring on you, your people, and your father's
house days that have never been since the day that Ephraim
departed from Judah -- the king of Assyria.
18 In that day, the LORD will whistle for the flies from the
remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bees from
the land of Assyria.
19 They will come, and will settle in the ravines between
cliffs and in the crevices of the rocks, and on all thorn
bushes and at all the watering holes.
20 In that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired from
beyond the Euphrates River-- with the king of Assyria--the
head and leg hair; along with the beard too.
21 In that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and a couple
goats.
22 From the abundance of milk they will produce he will eat
curds; for everyone left in the land will eat curds and honey.
23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand
vines worth a thousand shekels, it will be overgrown with
briers and thorns.
24 With bow and arrows one will hunt there, because all the
land will be full of briers and thorns.
25 All the hills that used to be dug with a hoe, you will not
go there for fear of briers and thorns. It will be a place
for cattle to graze and for sheep to trample.

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