1 Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jotham|strong="H3147", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". Rezin|strong="H7526" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Aram|strong="H0758", Pekah|strong="H6492" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remaliah|strong="H7425" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". When|strong="H1961" Ahaz|strong="H0271" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Rezin|strong="H7526" and|strong="H1121" Pekah|strong="H6492" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1961" attack|strong="H5927" it|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1961" defeat the|strong="H5921" city.
2 The|strong="H0559" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" received|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" message that|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" armies of|strong="H1004" Aram|strong="H0758" and|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669" have|strong="H0758" joined together|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1004" camp.” When|strong="H5921" King|strong="H5921" Ahaz heard|strong="H5046" this|strong="H5046" message, he|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" became frightened. They|strong="H5921" shook|strong="H5128" with|strong="H1004" fear like|strong="H1004" trees|strong="H6086" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" forest|strong="H3293" blowing in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" wind|strong="H7307".
3 Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" Isaiah|strong="H3470", “You|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" Shear Jashub should|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" talk to|strong="H0413" Ahaz|strong="H0271". Go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" place where|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" water flows|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Upper|strong="H5945" Pool|strong="H1295", on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" street that|strong="H3068" leads|strong="H3318" up|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Laundryman’s Field|strong="H7704".
4 “Tell|strong="H0559" Ahaz, ‘Be|strong="H0408" careful|strong="H8104", but|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0408" calm|strong="H8252". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372". Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" those|strong="H0428" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H1121", Rezin|strong="H7526" and|strong="H1121" Remaliah’s son|strong="H1121", frighten you|strong="H0413"! They|strong="H0559" are|strong="H0428" like|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" burning sticks. They|strong="H0559" might|strong="H1121" be|strong="H0408" hot|strong="H2750" now, but|strong="H0559" soon they|strong="H0559" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H0408" nothing|strong="H0408" but|strong="H0559" smoke. Rezin|strong="H7526", Aram|strong="H0758", and|strong="H1121" Remaliah’s son|strong="H1121" became angry|strong="H0639"
5 and|strong="H1121" made plans against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559",
6 “Let’s go|strong="H5927" fight against|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" divide|strong="H1234" it|strong="H5927" among|strong="H8432" ourselves. Then|strong="H0853" we will|strong="H4428" make|strong="H1234" Tabeel’s son|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" new king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063".”’”
7 But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136" says|strong="H0559", “Their|strong="H1961" plan will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" succeed|strong="H6965". It|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" happen|strong="H1961"
8 because|strong="H3588" Aram|strong="H0758" depends on|strong="H1157" its|strong="H3588" capital Damascus|strong="H1834", and|strong="H7218" Damascus|strong="H1834" is|strong="H0669" led by|strong="H8141" its|strong="H3588" weak king Rezin|strong="H7526". And|strong="H7218" don’t worry about|strong="H1157" Ephraim|strong="H0669". Within 65 years|strong="H8141" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0669" be|strong="H3588" crushed, no longer a|strong="H3588" nation|strong="H5971".
9 Ephraim|strong="H0669" depends on|strong="H3808" its|strong="H0518" capital Samaria|strong="H8111", and|strong="H1121" Samaria|strong="H8111" is|strong="H0669" led by|strong="H3808" Remaliah’s son|strong="H1121". So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" reason to|strong="H1121" fear. Believe|strong="H0539" this|strong="H3588", or|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" survive.”
10 Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" Ahaz|strong="H0271" again|strong="H3254"
11 and|strong="H3068" said, “Ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H7592" a|strong="H0176" sign|strong="H0226" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3068" prove to|strong="H3068" yourself|strong="H5973" that|strong="H3068" this|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068". You|strong="H5973" can ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H7592" any|strong="H0176" sign|strong="H0226" you|strong="H5973" want. The|strong="H3068" sign|strong="H0226" can come from|strong="H3068" a|strong="H0176" place as|strong="H3068" deep|strong="H6009" as|strong="H3068" Sheol|strong="H7585" or|strong="H0176" as|strong="H3068" high|strong="H4605" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" skies.”
12 But|strong="H3808" Ahaz|strong="H0271" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H7592" for|strong="H7592" a|strong="H3068" sign as|strong="H3068" proof. I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" test|strong="H5254" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".”
13 Then|strong="H0853" Isaiah|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “Family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", listen|strong="H8085" very|strong="H1571" carefully|strong="H8085"! Is|strong="H0430" it|strong="H3588" not|strong="H1732" enough|strong="H4592" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" test the|strong="H0853" patience|strong="H3811" of|strong="H1004" humans? Will|strong="H0430" you|strong="H3588" now|strong="H4994" test the|strong="H0853" patience|strong="H3811" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430"?
14 But|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H0136" will|strong="H1121" still show|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" this|strong="H3651" sign|strong="H0226":
15 He|strong="H0977" will|strong="H0977" eat|strong="H0398" milk curds|strong="H2529" and|strong="H0398" honey|strong="H1706"
16 But|strong="H3588" before|strong="H6440" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" old|strong="H6440" enough to|strong="H6440" make|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" choice|strong="H0977",
17 “But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" troubled times|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834". These|strong="H5971" troubles will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" worse than|strong="H3808" anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H0935" since|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H5971" separated|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Judah|strong="H3063". This|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" happen to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" family|strong="H1004" when|strong="H3117" God|strong="H3068" brings|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H0935" fight against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834".
18 “At|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" call for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" ‘Fly’ that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" now|strong="H1961" near the|strong="H0834" streams|strong="H2975" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" call for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" ‘Bee’ that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" now|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Assyria|strong="H0804". Those|strong="H0834" enemies will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" country|strong="H0776".
19 They|strong="H0935" will|strong="H0935" settle|strong="H5117" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" deep valleys|strong="H5158" and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" caves, by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" thornbushes and|strong="H0935" watering|strong="H5097" holes.
20 The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136" will|strong="H4428" use|strong="H1931" Assyria|strong="H0804" to|strong="H3117" punish Judah. Assyria|strong="H0804" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1571" hired|strong="H7917" and|strong="H4428" used like|strong="H7272" a|strong="H1571" razor|strong="H8593" to|strong="H3117" shave|strong="H1548" off|strong="H1548" Judah’s beard|strong="H2206" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3117" remove|strong="H5595" the|strong="H0853" hair|strong="H8181" from|strong="H3117" his|strong="H1548" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H4428" body.
21 “At|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" someone|strong="H0376" might keep only one|strong="H0376" young|strong="H1241" cow and|strong="H3117" two|strong="H8147" sheep|strong="H6629" alive|strong="H2421".
22 But|strong="H3588" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" enough|strong="H6213" milk|strong="H2461" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H0398" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" milk|strong="H2461" curds|strong="H2529". In|strong="H0776" fact, everyone|strong="H3605" left|strong="H3498" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" milk|strong="H2461" curds|strong="H2529" and|strong="H0776" honey|strong="H1706".
23 There|strong="H8033" are|strong="H0834" now|strong="H1961" fields that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" 1000 grapevines, and|strong="H3701" each|strong="H3605" grapevine is|strong="H0834" worth 1000 pieces of|strong="H3117" silver|strong="H3701". But|strong="H1961" those|strong="H3605" fields will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H7898" with|strong="H3117" weeds and|strong="H3701" thorns|strong="H7898".
24 That|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" wild|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0935" used|strong="H1961" only|strong="H3605" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" hunting ground|strong="H0776" where|strong="H8033" people|strong="H0776" go|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H0935" arrows|strong="H2678".
25 People|strong="H0834" once|strong="H1961" worked the|strong="H3605" soil and|strong="H0935" grew food on|strong="H0935" these|strong="H3605" hills|strong="H2022", but|strong="H3808" at|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033", because|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" fields will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" covered|strong="H7898" with|strong="H0935" weeds and|strong="H0935" thorns|strong="H7898". It|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" place|strong="H1961" where|strong="H0834" cattle|strong="H7794" graze and|strong="H0935" sheep|strong="H7716" wander.”