Isaiah 7:1-9

1Now it came about in the days of 1Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that 2Rezin the king of Aram and 3Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but 4could not 5conquer it. 2When it was reported to the 6house of David, saying, “The Arameans 7have taken a stand by 8Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake from the wind.

3Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son 9Shear-jashub, at the end of the 10conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the 11fuller’s field, 4and say to him, ‘Take care and be 12calm, have no 13fear and 14do not be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoldering 15logs, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the 16son of Remaliah. 5Because 17Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, 6“Let’s go up against Judah and 18terrorize it, and take it for ourselves by assault and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,” 7this is what the Lord 19God says: “20It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. 8For the head of Aram is 21Damascus, 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), 9and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. 22If you will not believe, you certainly shall not 23last.”’”