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Isaiah 7:10-25
New Living Translation
Isaiah 7:10-25
New Living Translation
The Sign of Immanuel
10 Later, the Lord sent this message to King Ahaz: 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead.[a]”
12 But the king refused. “No,” he said, “I will not test the Lord like that.”
13 Then Isaiah said, “Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn’t it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well? 14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin[b] will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). 15 By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt[c] and honey. 16 For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.
17 “Then the Lord will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!”
18 In that day the Lord will whistle for the army of southern Egypt and for the army of Assyria. They will swarm around you like flies and bees. 19 They will come in vast hordes and settle in the fertile areas and also in the desolate valleys, caves, and thorny places. 20 In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River[d]—the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people.[e]
21 In that day a farmer will be fortunate to have a cow and two sheep or goats left. 22 Nevertheless, there will be enough milk for everyone because so few people will be left in the land. They will eat their fill of yogurt and honey. 23 In that day the lush vineyards, now worth 1,000 pieces of silver,[f] will become patches of briers and thorns. 24 The entire land will become a vast expanse of briers and thorns, a hunting ground overrun by wildlife. 25 No one will go to the fertile hillsides where the gardens once grew, for briers and thorns will cover them. Cattle, sheep, and goats will graze there.
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Isaiah 7:10-25
New International Version
Isaiah 7:10-25
New International Version
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 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) 15 He will be eating curds(L) and honey(M) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows(N) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,(O) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.(P) 17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away(Q) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.(R)”
Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument
18 In that day(S) the Lord will whistle(T) for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.(U) 19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices(V) in the rocks, on all the thornbushes(W) and at all the water holes. 20 In that day(X) the Lord will use(Y) a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River(Z)—the king of Assyria(AA)—to shave your head and private parts, and to cut off your beard(AB) also.(AC) 21 In that day,(AD) a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.(AE) 22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds(AF) and honey.(AG) 23 In that day,(AH) in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,[e](AI) there will be only briers and thorns.(AJ) 24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers(AK) and thorns. 25 As for all the hills(AL) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(AM) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(AN)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
- Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
- Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
- Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.
- Isaiah 7:23 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
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