Isa 7:14-25 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign . Behold , the virgin shall conceive and bear a son , and shall call his name Immanuel .

14 Therefore the ^aLord himself will give you a sign. ^bBehold, the ^cvirgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name ^dImmanuel. ^{▼▼ Immanuel means God is with us} 15 He shall eat ^fcurds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 ^gFor before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be ^hdeserted. 17 ⁱThe Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that ^jEphraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

18 In that day the Lord will ^kwhistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and ^lin the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures. ^{▼▼Or watering holes, or brambles}

20 In that day ⁿthe Lord will ^oshave with a razor that is ^phired beyond ^qthe River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

21 ^rIn that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat ^scurds and honey.

23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, will become ^ubriers and thorns. 24 ^vWith bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 ^wAnd as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear ^xof briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.