1 GLT And it happened, in 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 GLT And it was reported to the house of David, saying,“Aram stands by with Ephraim,” and his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest shake before the face of 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 GLT And Yahweh said to Isaiah,“Go out, please, to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear- Jashub, at the end of the channel of the upper pool, to the road of the field of the fuller. 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 GLT And say to him,‘Be careful and calm, you shall not be afraid, and your heart shall not be soft from these two tails of smoldering firebrands, by the burning nose of Rezin and Aram, and 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 GLT Because Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have planned evil against you, saying, BSB BSB: For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
6 GLT “Let us go up against Judah and terrify her, and let us break into her and crown a king in her midst, 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 GLT Thus the Lord Yahweh says, It will not succeed, and it will not be, BSB BSB: But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.
8 GLT because the head of Aram{ is} Damascus, and the head of Damascus{ is} Rezin. And within 65 years, Ephraim will be broken from{ being} 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 GLT And the head of Ephraim{ is} Samaria, and the head of Samaria{ is} the son of Remaliah. If you do not believe, then you will not be 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.’”
11 GLT “Ask a sign for yourself from Yahweh your God; make the request deep, or make{ it} high above.” BSB BSB: “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
12 GLT And Ahaz said,“I shall not ask, and I shall not test Yahweh.” BSB BSB: But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”
13 GLT And he said,“Listen, please, house of David. Is it too little for you to tire out the people, that you also tire out 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 GLT 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 GLT For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land will be desolate, though you fear the faces of its two kings. 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.
17 GLT Yahweh will bring the king of Assyria on you and on your people, and on the house of your father days that have not come since the day Ephraim turned away from Judah.” 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 GLT And it will happen on that day, Yahweh will whistle for a fly that{ is} in the distant streams of Egypt, and for a bee that{ 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 GLT And they will come and settle down, all of them, in the valleys of desolation and in the clefts of the rocks, and in all the thornbushes, and in 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 GLT At that time the Lord will shave with a razor the laborer beyond the river— the king of Assyria— the head and the hair of the legs, and he will also scrape 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 GLT And it will happen 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 GLT And it will happen, because of the abundance of milk produced, 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 GLT And it will happen on that day,{ there} will be,{ in} every place where there were 1000 vines{ worth} 1000 silvers, it will be 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 GLT One will go there with arrows and 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 GLT And all the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there{ for} fear of the briers and thorns, and it will be for sending out of cattle and for grazing of sheep. 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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