War against Jerusalem

Now it came about in the days of (A)Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that (B)Rezin the king of Aram and (C)Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but (D)could not [a]conquer it. When it was reported to the (E)house of David, saying, “The Arameans (F)have taken a stand by (G)Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake from the wind.

Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son [b]Shear-jashub, at the end of the (H)conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the [c]fuller’s field, and say to him, ‘Take care and be (I)calm, have no (J)fear and (K)do not be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoldering (L)logs, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the (M)son of Remaliah. Because (N)Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, “Let’s go up against Judah and [d]terrorize it, and take it for ourselves by assault and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” this is what the Lord [e]God says: “(O)It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. For the head of Aram is (P)Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces, so that it is no longer a people), and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. (Q)If you will not believe, you certainly shall not [f]last.”’”

The Child Immanuel

10 Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask for a (R)sign for yourself from the Lord your God; [g]make it deep as Sheol or high as [h]heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I put the Lord to the test!” 13 Then he said, “Listen now, (S)house of David! Is it too trivial a thing for you to [i]try the patience of men, that you will [j](T)try the patience of (U)my God as well? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, (V)the [k]virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him [l](W)Immanuel. 15 He will eat [m](X)curds and honey [n]at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. 16 (Y)For before the boy knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, (Z)the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.

Trials to Come for Judah

17 The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that (AA)Ephraim separated from Judah—the days of the (AB)king of Assyria.”

18 On that day the Lord will (AC)whistle for the fly that is in the [o](AD)remotest part of the canals of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 They will all come and settle on the steep [p]ravines, on the (AE)ledges of the cliffs, (AF)on all the thorn bushes, and on all the watering places.

20 On that day the Lord will (AG)shave with a (AH)razor, (AI)hired from regions beyond (AJ)the Euphrates River (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

21 Now on that day a person may keep alive only a (AK)heifer and a pair of sheep; 22 and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat [q]curds, for everyone who is left within the land will eat [r](AL)curds and honey.

23 And it will come about on that day, (AM)that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become (AN)briars and thorns. 24 People will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be briars and thorns. 25 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the plow, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for [s](AO)pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:1 Lit fight against
  2. Isaiah 7:3 I.e., a remnant shall return
  3. Isaiah 7:3 I.e., launderer’s
  4. Isaiah 7:6 Or demolish
  5. Isaiah 7:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  6. Isaiah 7:9 Or endure
  7. Isaiah 7:11 As in most ancient versions; MT make the request deep or high
  8. Isaiah 7:11 Lit heights
  9. Isaiah 7:13 Lit make men weary
  10. Isaiah 7:13 Lit make my God weary
  11. Isaiah 7:14 As in LXX; MT young unmarried woman
  12. Isaiah 7:14 I.e., God is with us
  13. Isaiah 7:15 Possibly butter
  14. Isaiah 7:15 Lit with respect to his knowing
  15. Isaiah 7:18 Or mouth of the rivers; i.e., the Nile Delta
  16. Isaiah 7:19 Or wadis
  17. Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
  18. Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
  19. Isaiah 7:25 Lit pastureland of

Знамение Иммануила

Когда Ахаз, сын Иотама, внук Уззии, был царём Иудеи,[a] сирийский царь Рецин и исроильский царь Пеках, сын Ремалии, пошли войной на Иерусалим, но не смогли его одолеть.

Дому Довуда возвестили: «Сирия вступила в союз с Ефраимом»[b], и сердца у Ахаза и у его народа затрепетали, как деревья в лесу трепещут от ветра.

Вечный сказал Исаии:

– Выйди навстречу Ахазу со своим сыном Шеар-Иашувом («остаток вернётся») к концу водопровода Верхнего пруда, на дорогу к Сукновальному полю. Скажи ему: «Будь осторожен, будь спокоен, не бойся. Не падай духом из-за двух концов этих тлеющих головней – из-за неистового гнева Рецина с Сирией и из-за сына Ремалии. Сирия, Ефраим и сын Ремалии замышляют против тебя зло, говоря: “Пойдём на Иудею и запугаем её, завоюем её и поставим в ней царём сына Тавеила”.[c] Но так говорит Владыка Вечный:

Это не сбудется,
    этого не случится,
ведь столица Сирии – всего лишь Дамаск,
    а глава Дамаска – всего лишь слабый царь Рецин.
Через шестьдесят пять лет
    Ефраим будет рассеян и перестанет быть народом.
Столица Ефраима – всего лишь Сомария,
    а глава Сомарии – всего лишь слабак, сын Ремалии.
Если не будете твёрдо стоять в своей вере,
    не устоите вовсе».

10 И снова Вечный сказал Ахазу:

11 – Проси у Вечного, своего Бога, знамения, всё равно – в глубинах мира мёртвых или на высотах небес.

12 Но Ахаз сказал:

– Я не стану просить, не буду испытывать Вечного.

13 Тогда Исаия сказал:

– Слушайте, дом Довуда! Разве не довольно вам испытывать человеческое терпение? Вы хотите испытать и терпение моего Бога? 14 Итак, Владыка Сам даст вам знамение: вот, девственница забеременеет и родит Сына, и назовёт Его Иммануил («с нами Всевышний»).[d] 15 Он будет питаться творогом и мёдом, пока не научится отвергать злое и избирать доброе. 16 Но прежде чем мальчик научится отвергать злое и избирать доброе, земли двух царей, от которых ты в ужасе, будут опустошены. 17 Но Вечный наведёт на тебя, на твой народ и на дом твоего отца такие ужасные дни, каких не бывало с тех пор, как Ефраим отделился от Иудеи,[e] – Он наведёт царя Ассирии.

18 В тот день Вечный свистнет мухам, что у истоков рек Египта, и пчёлам, что в ассирийской земле. 19 Они прилетят и опустятся в крутые ущелья и в расщелины скал, на все колючие кусты и на все пастбища.

20 В тот день Вечный обреет ваши головы, волосы на ногах и отрежет бороды бритвой,[f] нанятой по ту сторону Евфрата, – царём Ассирии.

21 В тот день если кто сможет оставить в живых молодую корову и двух овец, 22 то по изобилию молока, которое они станут давать, он будет есть творог. Все, кто останется в стране, будут есть творог и мёд.

23 В тот день там, где некогда росла тысяча виноградных лоз стоимостью в двенадцать килограммов[g] серебра, будут лишь терновник и колючки. 24 Люди будут ходить туда с луком и стрелами, потому что земля будет покрыта терновником и колючками.

25 Что же до холмов, которые некогда возделывали мотыгой, то вы больше не пойдёте туда, боясь терновника и колючек. Туда будут выгонять крупный скот, и мелкий скот будет топтать их.

Footnotes

  1. Ис 7:1 Ахаз правил Иудеей с 735 по 715 гг. до н. э. О его правлении см. 4 Цар. 16; 2 Лет. 28.
  2. Ис 7:2 Или: «Сирия разбила стан на земле Ефраима». Ефраим – так часто называли Северное царство – Исроил, где наиболее влиятельным был род Ефраима.
  3. Ис 7:6 Вероятно, в Иерусалиме была группа людей, собравшаяся вокруг некоего сына Тавеила, которая поддерживала идею союза с Сирией и Ефраимом против Ассирии, что шло в разрез с курсом Ахаза, законного царя Иудеи.
  4. Ис 7:14 Это пророчество исполнилось, когда Исо, «Иммануил», родился от девственницы Марьям (см. Мат. 1:22-25). Однако, опираясь на контекст, многие толкователи полагают, что было частичное исполнение этого пророчества в дни царя Ахаза – какая-то определённая девственница вышла замуж и родила сына, которого назвали Иммануил. Он стал знамением того, что Всевышний пребывает с тем поколением, и прообразом Исо Масеха. Среди тех, кто может быть этим ребёнком, называют и сына Исаии (см. 8:3, 18), и дитя царского происхождения.
  5. Ис 7:17 См. 3 Цар. 12:1-20.
  6. Ис 7:20 В древние времена военнопленному сбривали волосы для того, чтобы сделать его объектом всеобщего поругания, унижения и осуждения.
  7. Ис 7:23 Букв.: «тысячу шекелей».

And in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah (king of Judah), Rezin, the king of Aram, came up—and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel—to Jerusalem, to fight against it. But he could not overcome it.

And it was told to the House of David, saying, “Aram has joined with Ephraim.” Therefore, his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved by the wind.

Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go forth now to meet Ahaz (you and Shear-Jashub, your son), at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the path of the fuller’s field,

“and say to him, ‘Take heed, and be still. Do not fear or be fainthearted because of the two tails of these smoking firebrands, because of the furious wrath of Rezin and of Aram and of Remaliah’s son.’

“Because Aram has taken wicked counsel against you, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son, saying,

‘Let us go up against Judah. And let us wake them up and make a breach therein for ourselves and set a king in the midst thereof: the son of Tabel.’”

Thus says the LORD God: “It shall not stand, nor shall it be.

“For the head of Aram is Damascus. And the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years, Ephraim shall be destroyed from being a people.

“And the head of Ephraim is Samaria. And the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you do not believe, surely you shall not be established.”

10 And the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

11 “Ask for a sign for yourself from the LORD your God. Ask it in the depth beneath or in the height above.”

12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I tempt the LORD.”

13 Then he said, “Hear now, O House of David. It is a small thing for you to grieve men. But will you also grieve my God?”

14 “Therefore the LORD Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son. And she shall call His Name, ‘Immanuel’.

15 “Butter and honey shall He eat, until He has knowledge to refuse evil and to choose good.

16 “For before the Child shall have knowledge to eschew evil, and to choose good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken by both her kings.

17 “The LORD shall bring the king of Assyria upon you, and upon your people, and your Father’s House (days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah).”

18 And on that day shall the LORD whistle for the fly that is at the uttermost parts of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.

19 And they shall come and shall all light in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorny places, and upon all bushy places.

20 On that day shall the LORD shave with a hired razor, by those beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet. And it shall consume the beard.

21 And on the same day shall a man nourish a young cow and two sheep.

22 And because of the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter. For everyone shall eat butter and honey which is left within the land.

23 And on the same day that every place which once had a thousand vines sold for a thousand pieces of silver, shall be briers and thorns.

24 With arrows and with bow shall one come there, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

25 But on all the mountains which shall be dug with the mattock, the fear of briers and thorns shall not come. But they shall be for the sending out of bullocks, and for the treading of sheep.

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

10 Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.