1It happened in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up against Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they were not able to fight against it.2When this was reported to the house of David, saying that Aram had taken its stand against Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.3Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field."4Say to him, "Be careful and stay calm; do not fear, and do not let your heart grow faint because of these two smoldering tails of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah."5Because Aram has plotted evil against you together with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,6"Let us go up against Judah and terrify it and breach it for ourselves and set up a king in its midst, the son of Tabeel."7Thus says the Lord GOD: It shall not stand and it shall not come to pass.8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.9The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in faith, you will not stand at all.10Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,11Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.12But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test."13Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David: Is it too little for you to weary men that you also weary my God?"14Therefore the LORD himself will give you a sign: Behold, the young woman shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel.15He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.16For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be deserted because of its two kings.17The LORD will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house days such as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, namely the king of Assyria.18On that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is at the mouth of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.19They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the clefts of the rocks and in all the thornbushes and in all the watering places.20On that day the LORD will shave with a razor hired from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the legs, and he will also remove the beard.21On that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep.22From the abundance of milk that they produce he will eat curds, for everyone who remains in the land will eat curds and honey.23On that day every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand pieces of silver will become briers and thorns.24With arrows and with a bow men will come there, because all the land will be briers and thorns.25And as for all the hills that used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; they will become places for cattle to be sent and for sheep to trample.