The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 7 Prophecies against Israel and Syria. Manasseh against Judah

 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 7

Prophecies against Israel and Syria. Manasseh against Judah

1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to fight against it, but they were unable to do so.

2 And they told the house of David, saying, "Arabia has made a league with Ephraim." Then his heart shook, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.

3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, "Now you and Shear-jashub your son go out to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, by the road to the fuller's field."

4 And he said to him, "Take heed and be still; Do not be afraid, nor let your heart be discouraged because of these two pieces of smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.

5 For Syria, together with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has taken evil counsel against you, saying,

6 "Let us go up against Judah and torment it, and let us divide it among ourselves, and let us make the son of Tabeal king in its midst."

7 Thus says the Lord God: This shall not stand, nor shall it come to pass.

8 But the head of Syria shall be Damascus, and the head of Damascus Rezin. And within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be shattered, and shall cease to be a people.

9 But the head of Ephraim shall be Samaria, and the head of Samaria the son of Remaliah. If you do not believe, you shall not be established. 

10 Then the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying,

11 Ask the Lord your God for a sign; ask it either in the depths below or in the heights above.

12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord."

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

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

15 He shall eat butter and honey until he knows to refuse evil and choose good.

16 Indeed, before the child knows to refuse evil and choose good, the land that you hate will be forsaken of its two kings.

17 But the Lord will bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon your father's house, by the king of Assyria, days such as have not come since the day that Ephraim separated himself from Judah.

18 For it will come to pass in that day that the Lord will hiss at the flies that are in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and at the bees that swarm in the land of Assyria;

19 And they will come and settle all of them in the waste valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, and on all thorns, and in all the forests.

20 On that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired beyond the river, that is, with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet, and he will even take away the beard completely.

21 And it will come to pass in that day that a man will keep a cow and two sheep.

22 And it will come to pass that because of the abundance of milk which they will give, he will eat butter; and everyone who is left in the land will eat butter and honey.

23 And it will come to pass in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand pieces of silver will become briers and thorns.

24 With bows and arrows people will enter it, because briers and thorns will cover the whole land.

25 And also to all the hills that are used to be dug with a mattock, no one will go because of the fear of briers and thorns; but they will be used for cattle to be driven there and for sheep to trample.