A Message to Ahaz 1 UEB During the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not prevail 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 UEB It was reported to the house of David that Aram was allied with Ephraim. His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest shake in 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 UEB Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out with your son Shear-Jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to Launderer'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 UEB Tell him, 'Be careful, remain calm, do not be afraid or intimidated by these two smoldering firebrands, by the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and of Pekah 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 UEB Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have planned evil against you; they have said, BSB BSB: For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
6 UEB "Let us attack Judah and terrify her, and let us break into her and set up our king there, the son of Tabeel." 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 UEB The Lord Yahweh says, "It will not take place; it will not happen, BSB BSB: But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
8 UEB because the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years, Ephraim will be shattered and will no longer be 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 UEB The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you do not remain firm in faith, surely you will not remain secure."'" 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 UEB "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask for it in the depths 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 UEB But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test Yahweh." BSB BSB: But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
13 UEB So Isaiah replied, "Listen, house of David. Is it not enough for you people to test the patience of people? Must you also test the patience of 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 UEB He will eat curds and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and 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 UEB For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be desolate. 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 UEB Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house days unlike any since Ephraim seceded from Judah—he will bring on you 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 UEB At that time Yahweh will whistle for a fly from the distant streams of Egypt, and for a bee from 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 UEB They will all come and settle down into all the gorges, into the clefts of the rocks, on all the thornbushes, and onto 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 UEB At that time the Lord will shave with a razor that was hired beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria— the head and the hair of the legs; it will also sweep away the beard. 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 UEB On that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, BSB BSB: On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
22 UEB and because of the abundance of milk which they shall give, he will eat curds, for everyone left in the land will eat curds 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 UEB At that time, where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be nothing but briers 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 UEB Men will go there to hunt with bows, because all the land will be briers and thorns. BSB BSB: Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
25 UEB They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, for fear of the briers and thorns; but it will be a place where cattle and sheep graze. 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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