1 A nd 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.

In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to make war against Jerusalem. But they could not win the battle.

2 A nd 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.

When the family of David was told, “Syria has joined with Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as trees shake with the wind.

3 A nd 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,

Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Now you and your son Shear-jashub go out to meet Ahaz at the end of the ditch of the upper pool on the road to the Fuller’s Field.

4 a nd 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.

Say to him, ‘Be careful and quiet. Do not be afraid or weak in your heart because of these two pieces of burnt and smoking wood. Do not be afraid of the burning anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.

5 B ecause that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:

Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, have made sinful plans against you, saying,

6 W e 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.

“Let us go up against Judah and make the people very afraid. Let us break open its walls, and make the son of Tabeel its king.”

7 T hus said the Lord Jehovah: It doth not stand, nor shall it be!

But the Lord God says, “This plan will not work. It will not happen.

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

For the head of Syria is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin. (Within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be destroyed so that it is no longer a people.)

9 A nd 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.'

The head of Ephraim is Samaria. And the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, for sure you will not last.”’” Word about Immanuel

10 A nd Jehovah addeth to speak unto Ahaz, saying:

Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

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

“Ask for something special to see from the Lord your God. Ask for it to be as deep as the place of the dead or as high as heaven.”

12 A nd Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask. I will not test the Lord.”

13 A nd 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?

Then Isaiah said, “Listen now, O people of David! Is it too small a thing for you to test men, that you will test my God as well?

14 T herefore 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,

So the Lord Himself will give you a special thing to see: A young woman, who has never had a man, will give birth to a son. She will give Him the name Immanuel.

15 B utter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

He will eat milk and honey when He knows enough to have nothing to do with wrong-doing and chooses good.

16 F or 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.

For before the boy knows to turn away from what is bad and choose good, the land whose two kings you are afraid of will be left empty.”

17 J ehovah 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.

The Lord will bring upon you and your people and your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim was divided from Judah. He is going to bring the king of Assyria on you.

18 A nd 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.

In that day the Lord will call for flies that are in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, and for bees that are in the land of Assyria.

19 A nd 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.

They will all come and stay in the narrow valleys, on the hill-sides, on the thorn bushes, and in the fields.

20 I n 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.

In that day the Lord will use the king of Assyria from the other side of the Euphrates to cut off the hair from your head, your legs, and your face.

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

In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep.

22 A nd 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.

And because they give much milk, he will have all he can use. For everyone who is left in the land will have milk and honey to eat.

23 A nd 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.

In that day, every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand pieces of silver, will be thistles and thorns.

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

Men will go there with bows and arrows because all the land will be covered with thistles and thorns.

25 A nd 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!'

As for all the hills which used to be cared for as a garden, you will not go there for fear of thistles and thorns. They will become a place where cattle feed and where sheep will run.