Isaiah 7:3-19

English Standard Version

³ And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and ^(A)Shear-jashub^[a] your son, at the end of ^(B)the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field. ⁴ And say to him, ^(C)‘Be careful, ^(D)be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two ^(E)smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and ^(F)the son of Remaliah. ⁵ Because Syria, with Ephraim and ^(G)the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, ⁶ “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it^[b] for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” ⁷ thus says the Lord God:

The Sign of Immanuel

¹⁰ Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: ¹¹ “Ask ^(L)a sign of the Lord your^[d] God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” ¹² But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” ¹³ And he^[e] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you ^(M)weary my God also? ¹⁴ Therefore the ^(N)Lord himself will give you a sign. ^(O)Behold, the ^(P)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name ^(Q)Immanuel.^{[f] 15} He shall eat ^(R)curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. ^16 (S)For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be ^(T)deserted. ^17 (U)The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that ^(V)Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

¹⁸ In that day the Lord will ^(W)whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. ¹⁹ And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and ^(X)in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.^[g]