A Message to Ahaz 1 DBY 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, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but they were not able to fight against it. BSB BSB: Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
2 DBY And it was told the house of David saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. Then his heart and the heart of his people shook, as the trees of the forest are shaken with the wind. BSB BSB: When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
3 DBY And Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field; BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
4 DBY and thou shalt say unto him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, and let not thy heart faint before these two ends of smoking firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. BSB BSB: and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
5 DBY Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim also and the son of Remaliah, saying, BSB BSB: For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
6 DBY Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein — the son of Tabeal; BSB BSB: ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
7 DBY thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall not stand, nor come to pass; BSB BSB: But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
8 DBY for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no more a people; BSB BSB: For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
9 DBY and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye believe not, surely ye shall not be established. BSB BSB: The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
The Sign of Immanuel (Matthew 1:18–25)
11 DBY Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above. BSB BSB: “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
12 DBY And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah. BSB BSB: But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
13 DBY And he said, Hear then, house of David: Is it a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also my God? BSB BSB: Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
15 DBY Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good. BSB BSB: By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
16 DBY For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken. BSB BSB: For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
Judgment to Come (Micah 1:1–7)
17 DBY Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which have not come since the day when Ephraim turned away from Judah — even the king of Assyria. BSB BSB: The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
18 DBY And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly which is at the extremity of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria; BSB BSB: On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
19 DBY and they shall come and settle all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and on all thorn-bushes, and on all the pastures. BSB BSB: And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.
20 DBY In that day will the Lord, with a razor which is hired beyond the river, with the king of Assyria, shave the head and the hair of the feet, yea, the beard also will it take away. BSB BSB: On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
21 DBY And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep, BSB BSB: On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
22 DBY and it shall come to pass, from the abundance of milk they shall give, that he shall eat butter; for every one that remaineth in the midst of the land shall eat butter and honey. BSB BSB: and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
23 DBY And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver pieces, shall become briars and thorns: BSB BSB: And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
24 DBY with arrows and with the bow shall they come thither, for the whole land shall become briars and thorns. BSB BSB: Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
25 DBY And all mountains that have been dug up with the hoe — thither will they not come, from fear of briars and thorns; and they shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of small cattle. BSB BSB: For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.
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