Isa 7:1-12 | ESV | STEP | In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham , son of Uzziah , king of Judah , Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it.

o[See ver. 4 above]

Isaiah 7:1-12

Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz

1 In the days of ^aAhaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, ^bRezin the king of Syria and ^cPekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it. 2 When the house of David was told, ^d“Syria is in league with ^{▼▼Hebrew Syria has rested upon} ^fEphraim,” the heart of Ahaz ^{▼▼Hebrew his heart} and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

3 And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and ^hShear-jashub ^{▼▼ Shear-jashub means A remnant shall return} your son, at the end of ^jthe conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer’s Field. 4 And say to him, ^k‘Be careful, ^lbe quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two ^msmoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and ⁿthe son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and ^othe son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying, 6 “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it ^{▼▼Hebrew let us split it open} for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7 thus says the Lord God:

^q“‘It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria is ^rDamascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
And within sixty-five years
Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is ^sthe son of Remaliah.
^tIf you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 9, 13, 14} are not firm in faith,
you will not be firm at all.’”

The Sign of Immanuel

10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask ^va sign of the Lord your ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you and your is singular in verses 11, 16, 17} God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”