Isaiah 7:4-17

English Standard Version

⁴And say to him, ^(A)‘Be careful, ^(B)be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two ^(C)smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and ^(D)the son of Remaliah. ⁵Because Syria, with Ephraim and ^(E)the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, ⁶“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it^[a] for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” ⁷thus says the Lord God:

^(F)“‘It shall not stand,
    and it shall not come to pass.
⁸For the head of Syria is ^(G)Damascus,
    and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
⁹And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
    and the head of Samaria is ^(H)the son of Remaliah.
^(I)If you^[b] are not firm in faith,
    you will not be firm at all.’”

The Sign of Immanuel

¹⁰Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: ¹¹“Ask ^(J)a sign of the Lord your^[c] God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” ¹²But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” ¹³And he^[d] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you ^(K)weary my God also? ¹⁴Therefore the ^(L)Lord himself will give you a sign. ^(M)Behold, the ^(N)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name ^(O)Immanuel.^[e] ¹⁵He shall eat ^(P)curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. ¹⁶^(Q)For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be ^(R)deserted. ¹⁷^(S)The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that ^(T)Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”