Isaiah 7:8-16

8The capital city of Syria is Damascus. And the king of Damascus is Rezin. 65 years from now Ephraim will not even be a nation. There will be nothing left!

9The capital city of Ephraim is Samaria. And the king of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you do not continue to trust me, you will not be strong enough to win.” ’

10Isaiah also gave this message from the Lord to Ahaz.

11He said, ‘Ask the Lord your God to do a miracle for you. That will show you that what he has said is true. Ask for anything, deep in the earth or high in the sky.’

12But Ahaz said, ‘I will never ask the Lord to do that. I do not want to test him.’

13So Isaiah replied, ‘Now listen, you royal family of David! You cause trouble for people like me. That is bad enough. But now you are trying to cause trouble for God himself.

14So the Lord God himself will show you that he speaks a true message. Look, the young woman who has never had sex will become pregnant. She will give birth to a son. She will call his name Immanuel.

15One day he will know how to choose good things and refuse to do evil things. By that time there will be cream and honey for him to eat.

16Even before that, the two kings that you are now afraid of will have no power. Their land will be empty.