Isaiah 7 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

War against Jerusalem

7 Now it came about in the days of (A)Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that (B)Rezin the king of Aram and (C)Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but (D)could not [a]conquer it. 2 When it was reported to the (E)house of David, saying, “The Arameans (F)have taken a stand by (G)Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake from the wind.

3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son [b]Shear-jashub, at the end of the (H)conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the [c]fuller’s field, 4 and say to him, ‘Take care and be (I)calm, have no (J)fear and (K)do not be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoldering (L)logs, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the (M)son of Remaliah. 5 Because (N)Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, 6 “Let’s go up against Judah and [d]terrorize it, and take it for ourselves by assault and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7 this is what the Lord [e]God says: “(O)It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. 8 For the head of Aram is (P)Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces, so that it is no longer a people), 9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. (Q)If you will not believe, you certainly shall not [f]last.”’”

The Child Immanuel

10 Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask for a (R)sign for yourself from the Lord your God; [g]make it deep as Sheol or high as [h]heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I put the Lord to the test!” 13 Then he said, “Listen now, (S)house of David! Is it too trivial a thing for you to [i]try the patience of men, that you will [j](T)try the patience of (U)my God as well? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, (V)the [k]virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him [l](W)Immanuel. 15 He will eat [m](X)curds and honey [n]at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. 16 (Y)For before the boy knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, (Z)the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.

Trials to Come for Judah

17 The Lord will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that (AA)Ephraim separated from Judah—the days of the (AB)king of Assyria.”

18 On that day the Lord will (AC)whistle for the fly that is in the [o](AD)remotest part of the canals of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 They will all come and settle on the steep [p]ravines, on the (AE)ledges of the cliffs, (AF)on all the thorn bushes, and on all the watering places.

20 On that day the Lord will (AG)shave with a (AH)razor, (AI)hired from regions beyond (AJ)the Euphrates River (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

21 Now on that day a person may keep alive only a (AK)heifer and a pair of sheep; 22 and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat [q]curds, for everyone who is left within the land will eat [r](AL)curds and honey.

23 And it will come about on that day, (AM)that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become (AN)briars and thorns. 24 People will come there with bows and arrows, because all the land will be briars and thorns. 25 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the plow, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for [s](AO)pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:1 Lit fight against
  2. Isaiah 7:3 I.e., a remnant shall return
  3. Isaiah 7:3 I.e., launderer’s
  4. Isaiah 7:6 Or demolish
  5. Isaiah 7:7 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  6. Isaiah 7:9 Or endure
  7. Isaiah 7:11 As in most ancient versions; MT make the request deep or high
  8. Isaiah 7:11 Lit heights
  9. Isaiah 7:13 Lit make men weary
  10. Isaiah 7:13 Lit make my God weary
  11. Isaiah 7:14 As in LXX; MT young unmarried woman
  12. Isaiah 7:14 I.e., God is with us
  13. Isaiah 7:15 Possibly butter
  14. Isaiah 7:15 Lit with respect to his knowing
  15. Isaiah 7:18 Or mouth of the rivers; i.e., the Nile Delta
  16. Isaiah 7:19 Or wadis
  17. Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
  18. Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
  19. Isaiah 7:25 Lit pastureland of

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 7:1 : 2 Kin 16:1; Is 1:1
  2. Isaiah 7:1 : 2 Kin 15:37
  3. Isaiah 7:1 : 2 Kin 15:25; 2 Chr 28:6
  4. Isaiah 7:1 : Is 7:6, 7
  5. Isaiah 7:2 : Is 7:13; 22:22
  6. Isaiah 7:2 : Is 8:12
  7. Isaiah 7:2 : Is 9:9
  8. Isaiah 7:3 : 2 Kin 18:17; Is 36:2
  9. Isaiah 7:4 : Ex 14:13; Is 30:15; Lam 3:26
  10. Isaiah 7:4 : Is 10:24; Matt 24:6
  11. Isaiah 7:4 : Deut 20:3; 1 Sam 17:32; Is 35:4
  12. Isaiah 7:4 : Amos 4:11; Zech 3:2
  13. Isaiah 7:4 : Is 7:1, 9
  14. Isaiah 7:5 : Is 7:2
  15. Isaiah 7:7 : Is 8:10; 28:18; Acts 4:25, 26
  16. Isaiah 7:8 : Gen 14:15; Is 17:1-3
  17. Isaiah 7:9 : 2 Chr 20:20; Is 5:24; 8:6-8; 30:12-14
  18. Isaiah 7:11 : 2 Kin 19:29; Is 37:30; 38:7, 8; 55:13
  19. Isaiah 7:13 : Is 7:2
  20. Isaiah 7:13 : Is 1:14; 43:24
  21. Isaiah 7:13 : Is 25:1
  22. Isaiah 7:14 : Matt 1:23
  23. Isaiah 7:14 : Is 8:8, 10
  24. Isaiah 7:15 : Is 7:22
  25. Isaiah 7:16 : Is 8:4
  26. Isaiah 7:16 : Is 8:14; 17:3; Jer 7:15; Hos 5:3, 9, 14; Amos 1:3-5
  27. Isaiah 7:17 : 1 Kin 12:16
  28. Isaiah 7:17 : 2 Chr 28:20; Is 8:7, 8; 10:5, 6
  29. Isaiah 7:18 : Is 5:26
  30. Isaiah 7:18 : Is 13:5
  31. Isaiah 7:19 : Is 2:19; Jer 16:16
  32. Isaiah 7:19 : Is 7:24, 25
  33. Isaiah 7:20 : 2 Kin 18:13-16; Is 24:1
  34. Isaiah 7:20 : Ezek 5:1-4
  35. Isaiah 7:20 : Is 10:5, 15
  36. Isaiah 7:20 : Is 8:7; 11:15; Jer 2:18
  37. Isaiah 7:21 : Is 14:30; 27:10; Jer 39:10
  38. Isaiah 7:22 : Is 8:15
  39. Isaiah 7:23 : Is 5:10; 32:13, 14
  40. Isaiah 7:23 : Is 5:6
  41. Isaiah 7:25 : Is 5:17

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