Isaiah 7:5-17

New International Version

⁵Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s^(A) son have plotted^(B) your ruin, saying, ⁶“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” ⁷Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:^(C)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,^(D)
⁸for the head of Aram is Damascus,^(E)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.^(F)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered^(G) to be a people.
⁹The head of Ephraim is Samaria,^(H)
    and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand^(I) firm in your faith,^(J)
    you will not stand at all.’”^(K)

¹⁰Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, ¹¹“Ask the Lord your God for a sign,^(L) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.^(M)”

¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.^(N)”

¹³Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!^(O) Is it not enough^(P) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience^(Q) of my God^(R) also? ¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you^[a] a sign:^(S) The virgin^[b]^(T) will conceive and give birth to a son,^(U) and^[c] will call him Immanuel.^[d]^(V) ¹⁵He will be eating curds^(W) and honey^(X) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, ¹⁶for before the boy knows^(Y) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,^(Z) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.^(AA) ¹⁷The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away^(AB) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.^(AC)”