1 I n the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it.

And it cometh to pass in the days of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, gone up hath Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to Jerusalem, to battle against it, and he is not able to fight against it.

2 A nd the house of David was told, Syria is allied with Ephraim. And the heart and the hearts of his people trembled and shook, as the trees of the forest tremble and shake with the wind.

And it is declared to the house of David, saying, `Aram hath been led towards Ephraim,' And his heart and the heart of his people is moved, like the moving of trees of a forest by the presence of wind.

3 T hen said the Lord to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Judah’s King Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct or canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field;

And Jehovah saith unto Isaiah, `Go forth, I pray thee, to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-Jashub thy son, unto the end of the conduit of the upper pool, unto the highway of the fuller's field,

4 A nd say to him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands—at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and of the son of Remaliah.

and thou hast said unto him: `Take heed, and be quiet, fear not, And let not thy heart be timid, Because of these two tails of smoking brands, For the fierceness of the anger of Rezin and Aram, And the son of Remaliah.

5 B ecause Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have purposed evil against you, saying,

Because that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:

6 L et us go up against Judah and harass and terrify it; and let us cleave it asunder, and set a king in the midst of it, namely the son of Tabeel,

We go up into Judah, and we vex it, And we rend it unto ourselves, And we cause a king to reign in its midst -- The son of Tabeal.

7 T hus says the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It doth not stand, nor shall it be!

8 F or the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.

For the head of Aram Damascus, And the head of Damascus Rezin, And within sixty and five years Is Ephraim broken from a people.

9 A nd the head (the capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe and trust and rely, surely you will not be established nor will you remain.

And the head of Ephraim Samaria, And the head of Samaria the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.'

10 M oreover, the Lord spoke again to King Ahaz, saying,

And Jehovah addeth to speak unto Ahaz, saying:

11 A sk for yourself a sign (a token or proof) of the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth below or in the height above.

`Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make high upwards.'

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

And Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'

13 A nd said, Hear then, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary and try the patience of men, but will you weary and try the patience of my God also?

And he saith, `Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?

14 T herefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Therefore the Lord Himself giveth to you a sign, Lo, the Virgin is conceiving, And is bringing forth a son, And hath called his name Immanuel,

15 B utter and curds and wild honey shall he eat when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

16 F or before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor and of whom you are in sickening dread shall be forsaken.

For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

17 T he Lord shall bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—even the king of Assyria.

Jehovah bringeth on thee, and on thy people, And on the house of thy father, Days that have not come, Even from the day of the turning aside of Ephraim from Judah, By the king of Asshur.

18 A nd in that day the Lord shall whistle for the fly that is in the whole extent of the canal country of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Jehovah doth hiss for a fly that in the extremity of the brooks of Egypt, And for a bee that in the land of Asshur.

19 A nd these shall come and shall rest all of them in the desolate and rugged valleys and deep ravines and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes and on all the pastures.

And they have come, and rested all of them in the desolate valleys, And in holes of the rocks, and on all the thorns, And on all the commendable things.

20 I n the same day, the Lord will shave with the razor that is hired from the parts beyond the River —even with the king of Assyria— the head and the hair of the legs, and it shall also consume the beard.

In that day doth the Lord shave, By a razor that is hired beyond the river, By the king of Asshur, The head, and the hair of the feet, Yea, also the beard it consumeth.

21 A nd in that day, a man will keep alive only a young milk cow and two sheep.

And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,

22 A nd because of the abundance of milk that they will give, he will eat butter and curds, for butter and curds and honey shall everyone eat who is left in the land.

And it hath come to pass, From the abundance of the yielding of milk he eateth butter, For butter and honey doth every one eat Who is left in the heart of the land.

23 A nd in that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be briers and thorns.

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Every place where there are a thousand vines, At a thousand silverlings, Is for briers and for thorns.

24 W ith arrows and with bows shall a man come there, because all the land will be briers and thorns.

With arrows and with bow he cometh thither, Because all the land is brier and thorn.

25 A nd as for all the hills that were formerly cultivated with mattock and hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where oxen are let loose to pasture and where sheep tread.

And all the hills that with a mattock are kept in order, Thither cometh not the fear of brier and thorn, And it hath been for the sending forth of ox, And for the treading of sheep!'