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| 7:1 | And 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 toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. |
| 7:2 | And 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. |
| 7:3 | Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; |
| 7:4 | And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. |
| 7:5 | Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, |
| 7:6 | Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: |
| 7:7 | Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. |
| 7:8 | For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. |
| 7:9 | And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. |
| 7:10 | Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, |
| 7:11 | Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. |
| 7:12 | But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. |
| 7:13 | And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? |
| 7:14 | Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. |
| 7:15 | Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. |
| 7:16 | For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. |
| 7:17 | The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. |
| 7:18 | And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. |
| 7:19 | And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. |
| 7:20 | In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. |
| 7:21 | And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; |
| 7:22 | And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. |
| 7:23 | And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. |
| 7:24 | With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. |
| 7:25 | And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. |
| 7:1 | And in the dayes of Ahaz, the sonne of Iotham, the sonne of Vzziah king of Iudah, Rezin the King of Aram came vp, and Pekah the sonne of Remaliah King of Israel, to Ierusalem to fight against it, but he could not ouercome it. |
| 7:2 | And it was tolde the house of Dauid, saying, Aram is ioyned with Ephraim: therefore his heart was moued, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moued by the winde. |
| 7:3 | Then sayde the Lord vnto Isaiah, Goe foorth nowe to meete Ahaz (thou and Sheariashub thy sonne) at the ende of the conduit of the vpper poole, in the path of the fullers fielde, |
| 7:4 | And say vnto him, Take heede, and be still: feare not, neither be faint hearted for the two tailes of these smoking firebrands, for the furious wrath of Rezin and of Aram, and of Remaliahs sonne: |
| 7:5 | Because Aram hath taken wicked counsell against thee, and Ephraim, and Remaliahs sonne, saying, |
| 7:6 | Let vs goe vp against Iudah, and let vs waken them vp, and make a breach therein for vs, and set a King in the mids thereof, euen the sonne of Tabeal. |
| 7:7 | Thus sayth the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it be. |
| 7:8 | For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin: and within fiue and threescore yeere, Ephraim shalbe destroyed from being a people. |
| 7:9 | And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliahs sonne. If ye beleeue not, surely ye shall not be established. |
| 7:10 | And the Lord spake againe vnto Ahaz, saying, |
| 7:11 | Aske a signe for thee of the Lord thy God: aske it, either in the depth beneath or in the height aboue. |
| 7:12 | But Ahaz sayd, I wil not aske, neither will I tempt the Lord. |
| 7:13 | Then he sayd, Heare you nowe, O house of Dauid, Is it a small thing for you to grieue men, that ye will also grieue my God? |
| 7:14 | Therefore the Lord himselfe will giue you a signe. Beholde, the virgine shall conceiue and beare a sonne, and she shall call his name Immanu-el. |
| 7:15 | Butter and hony shall he eate, till he haue knowledge to refuse the euill, and to chuse the good. |
| 7:16 | For afore the childe shall haue knowledge to eschew the euill, and to chuse the good, the land, that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her Kings. |
| 7:17 | The Lord shall bring vpon thee, and vpon thy people, and vpon thy fathers house (the dayes that haue not come from the day that Ephraim departed from Iudah) euen the King of Asshur. |
| 7:18 | And in that day shall the Lord hisse for the flie that is at the vttermost part of the floods of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the lande of Asshur, |
| 7:19 | And they shall come and shall light all in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rockes, and vpon all thorny places, and vpon all bushy places. |
| 7:20 | In that day shall the Lord shaue with a rasor that is hired, euen by them beyond the Riuer, by the King of Asshur, the head and the heare of the feete, and it shall consume the beard. |
| 7:21 | And in the same day shall a man nourish a yong kow, and two sheepe. |
| 7:22 | And for the abundance of milke, that they shall giue, hee shall eate butter: for butter and hony shall euery one eate, which is left within the land. |
| 7:23 | And at the same day euery place, wherein shalbe a thousand vines, shalbe at a thousand pieces of siluer: so it shalbe for the briers and for the thornes. |
| 7:24 | With arrowes and with bowe shall one come thither: because all the land shall be briers and thornes. |
| 7:25 | But on all the mountaines, which shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shall not come thither the feare of briers and thornes: but they shalbe for the sending out of bullocks, and for the treading of sheepe. |
| 7:1 | It happened in the tyme of Ahaz the sonne of Iotham, which was the sonne of Uziah Kynge of Iuda: that Razin the Kynge of Syria, and Pechah the sonne of Romelyah, kynge of Israel: went vp toward Ierusalem to besege it, but Razin was not able to winne ye. |
| 7:2 | Now when the house of Dauid (that is Ahaz) herde worde therof, that Syria & Ephraim were confederate together: his herte quaked (yee and the hertes also of his people) lyke as whan a tree in the felde is moued with the wynde. |
| 7:3 | Then sayde God vnto Esay: go mete Ahaz (thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub) at the head of the ouer pole, in the fote path by the fullers grounde, |
| 7:4 | & saye vnto hym, take hede to thy selfe & be styll, but feare not, nether be faynt harted, for these two tayles: that is: for these two smokyng fyre brandes, the wrath and furiousnes of Razin the Syrian and Romelies sonne: |
| 7:5 | because that the kynge of Syria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wickedly conspyred agaynst the saying: |
| 7:6 | We wyll goo vp agaynst Iuda, vexe them, and brynge them vnder vs, and set a kynge there, euen the sonne of Tabeel |
| 7:7 | For thus sayeth the Lorde God therto, It shal not so goo forth, nether come so to passe: |
| 7:8 | for the head cytie of the Sirians is Damascus, but the head of Damascus is Rayzin. And after fyue & threscore yeare, shall Ephraim be no more a people. |
| 7:9 | And the chefe cytie of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Romelies sonne. Yf ye beleue not: it commeth of thys: that ye are vnfaithfull to God. |
| 7:10 | Moreouer, God spake once agayne vnto Ahaz, sayinge, |
| 7:11 | requyre a token of the Lorde thy God, whether it be toward the depth beneth, or towarde the heygth aboue. |
| 7:12 | Then sayd Ahaz: I will requyre none, nether wyll I tempte the Lorde |
| 7:13 | The Lorde answered: Then heare to, ye of the house of Dauid: Is it not ynough for you that ye be greuous vnto men, but ye must greue my God also. |
| 7:14 | And therfore the Lord shall geue you a token: Behold, a vyrgin shall conceaue and beare a sonne, and (thou hys mother) shalt cal his name Emanuel. |
| 7:15 | Butter and hony shall he eate, that he maye knowe to refuse the euell, and chose the good. |
| 7:16 | For or euer the chyld come to knowledge, to eschue the euel and chose the good. The lande (that thou so Abhorrest) shalbe desolate of both her kynges. |
| 7:17 | The Lorde also shall sende a tyme vpon the, vpon thy people, & vpon thy fathers house (soch as neuer came sence the tyme that Ephraim departed from Iuda) thorowe the kynge of the Assirians. |
| 7:18 | For at the same tyme shall the Lord whystle for the flyes that are aboute the water of Egypt, and for the Bees in the Assirians lande. |
| 7:19 | These shall come, and shall lyght all in the desolate valeyes, in the holes of stones, vpon all thornye and bushye places. |
| 7:20 | At the same tyme shall the Lord shaue the heare of the head and the fete and the beerd cleane of, with the rasoure that he shall hyer beyonde the water: namely, with the kynge of the Assirians. |
| 7:21 | At the same tyme shall a man lyue with a kowe, and two shepe. |
| 7:22 | Then, because of the aboundaunce of mylck, he shall make butter & eate it. So that euery one which remayneth in the lande, shall eate butter and hony. |
| 7:23 | At the same tyme all vyneyardes (though there be a thousande vynes in one, & were solde for a thousande syluerlynges) shalbe turned to brears & thornes. |
| 7:24 | Lyke as they shall come in to the lande wt arowes & bowes, so shall all the lande be come brears and thornes. |
| 7:25 | And as for al hylles that are hewen downe, ther shall not come vpon them anye feare of brears & thornes. But the catell shal be dryuen thyther, and the shepe shall fede there. |
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