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1. Now Ahaz was the son of Jotham, who was the son of Uzziah. When Ahaz was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to fight against it. But they were not able to defeat the city.
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1. And it came to pass 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 Syria H758 , and Pekah H6492 the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425 , king H4428 of Israel H3478 , went up H5927 toward Jerusalem H3389 to war H4421 against H5921 it , but could H3201 not H3808 prevail H3898 against H5921 it.
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2. Ahaz king of Judah received a message saying, "The armies of Aram and Israeln have joined together." When Ahaz heard this, he and the people were frightened. They shook with fear like trees of the forest blown by the wind.
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2. And it was told H5046 the house H1004 of David H1732 , saying H559 , Syria H758 is confederate H5117 with H5921 Ephraim H669 . And his heart H3824 was moved H5128 , and the heart H3824 of his people H5971 , as the trees H6086 of the wood H3293 are moved H5128 with H4480 H6440 the wind H7307 .
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3. Then the Lord told Isaiah, "You and your son Shear-Jashubn should go and meet Ahaz at the place where the water flows into the upper pool, on the road where people do their laundry.
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3. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 Isaiah H3470 , Go forth H3318 now H4994 to meet H7121 Ahaz H271 , thou H859 , and Shear H7610 -jashub thy son H1121 , at H413 the end H7097 of the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 in H413 the highway H4546 of the fuller H3526 's field H7704 ;
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4. Tell Ahaz, 'Be careful. Be calm and don't worry. Don't let those two men, Rezin and Pekah son of Remaliah, scare you. Don't be afraid of their anger or Aram's anger, because they are like two barely burning sticks that are ready to go out.
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4. And say H559 unto H413 him , Take heed H8104 , and be quiet H8252 ; fear H3372 not H408 , neither H408 be fainthearted H7401 H3824 for the two H4480 H8147 tails H2180 of these H428 smoking H6226 firebrands H181 , for the fierce H2750 anger H639 of Rezin H7526 with Syria H758 , and of the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425 .
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5. They have made plans against you, saying,
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5. Because H3282 H3588 Syria H758 , Ephraim H669 , and the son H1121 of Remaliah H7425 , have taken evil H7451 counsel H3289 against H5921 thee, saying H559 ,
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6. "Let's fight against Judah and tear it apart. We will divide the land for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel the new king of Judah."
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6. Let us go up H5927 against Judah H3063 , and vex H6972 it , and let us make a breach H1234 therein for H413 us , and set a king H4427 H4428 in the midst H8432 of it, even H853 the son H1121 of Tabeal H2870 :
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7. But I, the Lord God, say, "'Their plan will not succeed; it will not happen,
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7. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , It shall not H3808 stand H6965 , neither H3808 shall it come to pass H1961 .
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8. because Aram is led by the city of Damascus, and Damascus is led by its weak king, Rezin. Within sixty-five years Israel will no longer be a nation.
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8. For H3588 the head H7218 of Syria H758 is Damascus H1834 , and the head H7218 of Damascus H1834 is Rezin H7526 ; and within H5750 threescore H8346 and five H2568 years H8141 shall Ephraim H669 be broken H2844 , that it be not a people H4480 H5971 .
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9. Israel is led by the city of Samaria, and Samaria is led by its weak king, the son of Remaliah. If your faith is not strong, you will not have strength enough to last.'"
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9. And the head H7218 of Ephraim H669 is Samaria H8111 , and the head H7218 of Samaria H8111 is Remaliah H7425 's son H1121 . If H518 ye will not H3808 believe H539 , surely H3588 ye shall not H3808 be established H539 .
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10. Then the Lord spoke to Ahaz again, saying,
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10. Moreover the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 again H3254 unto H413 Ahaz H271 , saying H559 ,
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11. "Ask for a sign from the Lord your God to prove to yourself that these things are true. It may be a sign from as deep as the place of the dead or as high as the heavens."
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11. Ask H7592 thee a sign H226 of H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 ; ask H7592 it either in the depth H6009 , or H176 in the height H1361 above H4605 .
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12. But Ahaz said, "I will not ask for a sign or test the Lord."
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12. But Ahaz H271 said H559 , I will not H3808 ask H7592 , neither H3808 will I tempt H5254 H853 the LORD H3068 .
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13. Then Isaiah said, "Ahaz, descendant of David, listen carefully! Isn't it bad enough that you wear out the patience of people? Do you also have to wear out the patience of my God?
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13. And he said H559 , Hear H8085 ye now H4994 , O house H1004 of David H1732 ; Is it a small thing H4592 for H4480 you to weary H3811 men H376 , but H3588 will ye weary H3811 H853 my God H430 also H1571 ?
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14. The Lord himself will give you a sign: The virginn will be pregnant. She will have a son, and she will name him Immanuel.
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14. Therefore H3651 the Lord H136 himself H1931 shall give H5414 you a sign H226 ; Behold H2009 , a virgin H5959 shall conceive H2029 , and bear H3205 a son H1121 , and shall call H7121 his name H8034 Immanuel H6005 .
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15. He will be eating milk curds and honey when he learns to reject what is evil and to choose what is good.
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15. Butter H2529 and honey H1706 shall he eat H398 , that he may know H3045 to refuse H3988 the evil H7451 , and choose H977 the good H2896 .
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16. You are afraid of the kings of Israel and Aram now. But before the child learns to choose good and reject evil, the lands of Israel and Aram will be empty.
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16. For H3588 before H2962 the child H5288 shall know H3045 to refuse H3988 the evil H7451 , and choose H977 the good H2896 , the land H127 that H834 thou H859 abhorrest H6973 shall be forsaken H5800 of both H8147 her kings H4428 .
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17. The Lord will bring troubled times to you, your people, and to the people of your father's family. They will be worse than anything that has happened since Israel separated from Judah. The Lord will bring the king of Assyria to fight against you.
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17. The LORD H3068 shall bring H935 upon H5921 thee , and upon H5921 thy people H5971 , and upon H5921 thy father H1 's house H1004 , days H3117 that H834 have not H3808 come H935 , from the day H4480 H3117 that Ephraim H669 departed H5493 from H4480 H5921 Judah H3063 ; even H853 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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18. "At that time the Lord will whistle for the Egyptians, and they will come like flies from Egypt's faraway streams. He will call for the Assyrians, and they will come like bees.
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18. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that the LORD H3068 shall hiss H8319 for the fly H2070 that H834 is in the uttermost part H7097 of the rivers H2975 of Egypt H4714 , and for the bee H1682 that H834 is in the land H776 of Assyria H804 .
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19. These enemies will camp in the deep ravines and in the cliffs, by the thornbushes and watering holes.
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19. And they shall come H935 , and shall rest H5117 all H3605 of them in the desolate H1327 valleys H5158 , and in the holes H5357 of the rocks H5553 , and upon all H3605 thorns H5285 , and upon all H3605 bushes H5097 .
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20. The Lord will hire Assyria and use it like a razor to punish Judah. It will be as if the Lord is shaving the hair from Judah's head and legs and removing Judah's beard.
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20. In the same H1931 day H3117 shall the Lord H136 shave H1548 with a razor H8593 that is hired H7917 , namely , by them beyond H5676 the river H5104 , by the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , H853 the head H7218 , and the hair H8181 of the feet H7272 : and it shall also H1571 consume H5595 H853 the beard H2206 .
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21. "At that time a person will be able to keep only one young cow and two sheep alive.
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21. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that a man H376 shall nourish H2421 a young H1241 cow H5697 , and two H8147 sheep H6629 ;
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22. There will be only enough milk for that person to eat milk curds. All who remain in the land will go back to eating just milk curds and honey.
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22. And it shall come to pass H1961 , for the abundance H4480 H7230 of milk H2461 that they shall give H6213 he shall eat H398 butter H2529 : for H3588 butter H2529 and honey H1706 shall every one H3605 eat H398 that is left H3498 in the land H776 .
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23. In this land there are now vineyards that have a thousand grapevines, which are worth about twenty-five pounds of silver. But these fields will become full of weeds and thorns.
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23. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that every H3605 place H4725 shall be H1961 , where H8033 there were H1961 a thousand H505 vines H1612 at a thousand H505 silverlings H3701 , it shall even be H1961 for briers H8068 and thorns H7898 .
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24. The land will become wild and useful only as a hunting ground.
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24. With arrows H2671 and with bows H7198 shall men come H935 thither H8033 ; because H3588 all H3605 the land H776 shall become H1961 briers H8068 and thorns H7898 .
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25. People once worked and grew food on these hills, but at that time people will not go there, because the land will be filled with weeds and thorns. Only sheep and cattle will go to those places."
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25. And on all H3605 hills H2022 that H834 shall be digged H5737 with the mattock H4576 , there shall not H3808 come H935 thither H8033 the fear H3374 of briers H8068 and thorns H7898 : but it shall be H1961 for the sending forth H4916 of oxen H7794 , and for the treading H4823 of lesser cattle H7716 .
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