Isaiah 7 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz

(2Ki 16:5; 2Ch 28:5–15 )

Now it happened^H1961 in the days^H3117 of Ahaz^H271, the son^H1121 of Jotham^H3147, the son^H1121 of Uzziah^H5818, king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, that Rezin^H7526 the king^H4428 of Aram^H758 and Pekah^H6492 the son^H1121 of Remaliah^H7425, king^H4428 of Israel^H3478, went^H5927 up^H5927 to Jerusalem^H3389 to wage war^H4421 against^H5921 it, but could^H3201 not [fn]conquer^H3898^H5921 it.

Isa 7:2

Isa 7:2When it was told to the house of David, saying, “[fn]The Arameans have camped in Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

Isa 7:3

Then Yahweh^H3068 said^H559 to Isaiah^H3470, “Go^H3318 out^H3318 now^H4994 to meet^H7122 Ahaz^H271, you and your son^H1121 [fn]Shear-jashub^H7610, at the end^H7097 of the conduit^H8585 of the upper^H5945 pool^H1295, to the highway^H4546 of the [fn]fuller’s^H3526 field^H7704,

Isa 7:4

Isa 7:4and say to him, ‘Take care and stay quiet, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the burning anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

Isa 7:5

Isa 7:5‘Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has counseled evil against you, saying,

Isa 7:6

Isa 7:6“Let us go up against Judah and [fn]terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in [fn]its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”

Isa 7:7

Isa 7:7thus says Lord Yahweh: “It shall not stand, nor shall it happen.

Isa 7:8

Isa 7:8“For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people),

Isa 7:9

Isa 7:9and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not [fn]establish your faith in Yahweh, you surely shall not [fn]be established.”’”

The Sign of Immanuel

Isa 7:10

Then Yahweh^H3068 spoke^H1696 again^H3254 to Ahaz^H271, saying^H559,

Isa 7:11

Isa 7:11“Ask a sign for yourself from Yahweh your God; [fn]make it deep as Sheol or high as [fn]heaven.”

Isa 7:12

Isa 7:12But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not test Yahweh!”

Isa 7:13

Isa 7:13Then he said, “[fn]Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?

Isa 7:14

Isa 7:14“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the [fn]virgin [fn]will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name [fn]Immanuel.

Isa 7:15

Isa 7:15“He will eat curds and honey [fn]in order that He will know to refuse evil and choose good.

Isa 7:16

Isa 7:16“For before the boy will know to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

Isa 7:17

Isa 7:17“Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days which have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

Trials to Come for Judah

Isa 7:18

And it will be in that day^H3117, that Yahweh^H3068 will whistle^H8319 for the fly^H2070 that is in the [fn]remotest^H7097 part^H7097 of the rivers^H2975 of Egypt^H4714 and for the bee^H1682 that is in the land^H776 of Assyria^H804.

Isa 7:19

Isa 7:19And they will all come and rest upon the steep [fn]ravines, on the crevices of the cliffs, on all the thorn bushes, and on all the [fn]watering places.

Isa 7:20

In that day^H3117, the Lord^H136 will shave^H1548 with a razor^H8593—one hired^H7917 from regions^H5676 beyond^H5676 the [fn]River^H5104 (that is, the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804)—the head^H7218 and the hair^H8181 of the legs^H7272; and it will also^H1571 remove^H5595 the beard^H2206.

Isa 7:21

And it will be in that day^H3117, that a man^H376 may keep^H2421 alive^H2421 a heifer^H5697 and a pair^H8147 of sheep^H6629;

Isa 7:22

Isa 7:22and because of the abundance of the milk produced, he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat curds and honey.

Isa 7:23

And it will be in that day^H3117, that every^H3605 place^H4725 where^H834^H8033 there used to be one thousand^H505 vines^H1612, valued at [fn]one thousand^H505 shekels of silver^H3701, will become^H1961 briars^H8068 and thorns^H7898.

Isa 7:24

Isa 7:24People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns.

Isa 7:25

Isa 7:25As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for [fn]pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.