1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towards Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
3Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
4and say unto him,
5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah,
6Let us go up against Judah, and vex it,
7Thus saith the Lord God,
8For the head of Syria is Damascus,
9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
10Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God;
12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
13And he said,
14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
15Butter and honey shall he eat,
16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good,
17The Lord shall bring upon thee,
18And it shall come to pass in that day,
19And they shall come, and shall rest all of them
20In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired,
21And it shall come to pass in that day,
22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter:
23And it shall come to pass in that day,
24With arrows and with bows shall men come thither;
25And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock,