²⁹ “This will be the sign^(A) for you, Hezekiah:

⁸ Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?”

⁹ Isaiah answered, “This is the Lord’s sign^(A) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”

²⁰ You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year^(A) if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” ²¹ I will send you such a blessing^(B) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.^{(C) 22} While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.^(D)

¹² And God said, “I will be with you.^(A) And this will be the sign^(B) to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you^[a] will worship God on this mountain.^(C)”

¹² This will be a sign^(A) to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

³⁰ “This will be the sign^(A) for you, Hezekiah:

¹¹ “Ask the Lord your God for a sign,^(A) whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.^(B)”

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

¹³ Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!^(D) Is it not enough^(E) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience^(F) of my God^(G) also? ¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself will give you^[a] a sign:^(H) The virgin^[b](I) will conceive and give birth to a son,^(J) and^[c] will call him Immanuel.^[d](K)

³⁴ “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign^(A) to you—they will both die^(B) on the same day.^(C)

⁴ But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest,^(A) a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.^{(B) 5} Do not reap what grows of itself^(C) or harvest the grapes^(D) of your untended vines.^(E) The land is to have a year of rest.