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And it came to pass 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 it, but could[H3201] not prevail[H3898] against it.
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And it was told[H5046] the house[H1004] of David[H1732], saying[H559], Syria[H758] is confederate[H5117]with[H6440]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[H6440] the wind[H7307].
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Then said[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto Isaiah[H3470], Go forth[H3318] now to meet[H7125]Ahaz[H271], thou, and Shearjashub[H7610] thy son[H1121], at the end[H7097] of the conduit[H8585] of the upper[H5945]pool[H1295] in the highway[H4546] of the fuller's field[H7704];
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And say[H559] unto him, Take heed[H8104], and be quiet[H8252]; fear[H3372] not, neither be fainthearted[H7401] for the two[H8147]tails[H2180] of these 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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Because Syria[H758], Ephraim[H669], and the son[H1121] of Remaliah[H7425], have taken evil[H7451]counsel[H3289] against thee, saying[H559],
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Let us go up[H5927] against Judah[H3063], and vex[H6973] it, and let us make a breach[H1234] therein for us, and set[H4427] a king[H4428] in the midst[H8432] of it, even the son[H1121] of Tabeal[H2870]:
7Thus[H3541]saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], It shall not stand[H6965], neither shall it come to pass.
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For the head[H7218] of Syria[H758] is Damascus[H1834], and the head[H7218] of Damascus[H1834] is Rezin[H7526]; and within threescore[H8346] and five[H2568]years[H8141] shall Ephraim[H669] be broken[H2865], that it be not a people[H5971].
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And the head[H7218] of Ephraim[H669] is Samaria[H8111], and the head[H7218] of Samaria[H8111] is Remaliah's son[H1121]. If ye will not believe[H539], surely ye shall not be established[H539].
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Moreover the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696]again[H3254] unto Ahaz[H271], saying[H559],
11Ask[H7592] thee a sign[H226] of the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]; ask[H7592] it either in the depth[H6009], or in the height[H1361]above[H4605].
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But Ahaz[H271]said[H559], I will not ask[H7592], neither will I tempt[H5254] the LORD[H3068].
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And he said[H559], Hear[H8085] ye now, O house[H1004] of David[H1732]; Is it a small thing[H4592] for you to weary[H3811]men[H582], but will ye weary[H3811] my God[H430] also?
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Therefore the Lord[H136] himself shall give[H5414] you a sign[H226]; Behold, a virgin[H5959] shall conceive[H2030], and bear[H3205] a son[H1121], and shall call[H7121] his name[H8034]Immanuel[H6005].
15Butter[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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For before the child[H5288] shall know[H3045] to refuse[H3988] the evil[H7451], and choose[H977] the good[H2896], the land[H127] that thou abhorrest[H6973] shall be[H6440]forsaken[H5800] of both[H8147] her kings[H4428].
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The LORD[H3068] shall bring[H935] upon thee, and upon thy people[H5971], and upon thy father's house[H1004], days[H3117] that have not come[H935], from the day[H3117] that Ephraim[H669]departed[H5493] from Judah[H3063]; even the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], that the LORD[H3068] shall hiss[H8319] for the fly[H2070] that is in the uttermost part[H7097] of the rivers[H2975] of Egypt[H4714], and for the bee[H1682] that is in the land[H776] of Assyria[H804].
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And they shall come[H935], and shall rest[H5117] all of them in the desolate[H1327]valleys[H5158], and in the holes[H5357] of the rocks[H5553], and upon all thorns[H5285], and upon all bushes[H5097].
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In the same 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], the head[H7218], and the hair[H8181] of the feet[H7272]: and it shall also consume[H5595] the beard[H2206].
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], that a man[H376] shall nourish[H2421] a young[H1241]cow[H5697], and two[H8147]sheep[H6629];
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And it shall come to pass, for the abundance[H7230] of milk[H2461] that they shall give[H6213] he shall eat[H398]butter[H2529]: for butter[H2529] and honey[H1706] shall every one eat[H398] that is left[H3498]in[H7130] the land[H776].
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], that every place[H4725] shall be, where there were a thousand[H505]vines[H1612] at a thousand[H505]silverlings[H3701], it shall even be for briers[H8068] and thorns[H7898].
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With arrows[H2671] and with bows[H7198] shall men come[H935] thither; because all the land[H776] shall become briers[H8068] and thorns[H7898].
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And on all hills[H2022] that shall be digged[H5737] with the mattock[H4576], there shall not come thither[H935] the fear[H3374] of briers[H8068] and thorns[H7898]: but it shall be for the sending forth[H4916] of oxen[H7794], and for the treading[H4823] of lesser cattle[H7716].