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\v 1 During the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Aram,
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and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not prevail against it.
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\v 2 It was reported to the house of David that Aram was allied with Ephraim. His heart trembled, and the heart of
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his people, as the trees of the forest shake in the wind.
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\f + \ft Instead of \fqa ... that Aram was allied with Ephraim \fqb , some versions have \fqa ... that Aram had camped in Ephraim. \fqb \f*
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\v 3 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go out with your son Shear Jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the
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upper pool, on the road to the Launderer's field.
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\v 4 Tell him, 'Be careful, remain calm, do not be afraid or intimidated by these two smoldering firebrands, by
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the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and of Pekah son of Remaliah.
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\v 5 Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have planned evil against you; they have said,
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\v 6 "Let us attack Judah and terrify her, and let us break into her and set up our king there, the son of Tabeel."
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\v 7 The Lord Yahweh says, "It will not take place; it will not happen,
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\v 8 because the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
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\q1 Within sixty-five years, Ephraim will
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be shattered and will no longer be a people.
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\v 9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son.
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\q1 If you do not remain firm in faith, surely you will not
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remain secure."'"
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\v 10 The Lord spoke again to Ahaz,
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\v 11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask for it in the depths or in the height above."
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\v 12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test Yahweh."
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\v 13 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?
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\v 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you people a sign: see, a young woman will conceive, bear a son, and will call his name
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Immanuel.
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\v 15 He will eat curds and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
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\v 16 For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be
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desolate.
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\v 17 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."
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\v 18 At that time
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\q1 Yahweh will whistle for a fly from the distant streams of Egypt,
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\q1 and for a bee from the land of Assyria.
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\v 19 They will all come and settle down into all the gorges, into the clefts of the rocks,
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\q1 on all the thornbushes, and onto all the pastures.
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\v 20 At that time the Lord will shave with a razor that was hired beyond the Euphrates River—
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the king of Assyria—
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\q1 he will shave your head, the hair on your legs; and he will also shave off your beard.
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\v 21 On that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep,
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\v 22 and because of the abundance of milk which they shall give, he will eat curds,
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\q1 for everyone left in the land
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will eat curds and honey.
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\v 23 At that time, where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,
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\q1 will be nothing but briers and thorns.
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\v 24 Men will go there to hunt with bows, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
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\v 25 They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, for fear of the briers and thorns;
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\q1 but it will be a place where cattle and sheep graze.
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