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World English Bible

Isaiah 7 (WEBP)

[1] In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
[2] David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
[3] Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field.
[4] Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
[5] Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
[6] “Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.”
[7] This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”
[8] For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people.
[9] The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”
[10] Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
[11] “Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
[12] But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt Yahweh.”
[13] He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
[14] Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
[15] He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
[16] For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
[17] Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
[18] It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
[19] They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.
[20] In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
[21] It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep.
[22] It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.
[23] It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, will be for briers and thorns.
[24] People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
[25] All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for sheep to tread on.”

Isaiah 7:14 “Immanuel” means “God with us”.
Isaiah 7:23 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or 22 pounds.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 7 (KJVS)

[1] And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
[2] And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
[3] Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
[4] and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
[5] Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
[6] Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
[7] thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
[8] For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
[9] And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
[10] Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
[11] Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
[12] But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
[13] And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
[14] Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
[15] Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
[16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
[17] The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
[18] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
[19] And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
[20] In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
[22] and it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
[23] And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
[24] With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
[25] And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

Isaiah 7:2 Heb. resteth on Ephraim
Isaiah 7:3a That is, The remnant shall return
Isaiah 7:3b Or, causeway
Isaiah 7:4 Heb. let not thine heart be tender
Isaiah 7:6 Or, waken
Isaiah 7:8 Heb. from a people
Isaiah 7:9 Or, do ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable
Isaiah 7:10 Heb. and the Lord added to speak
Isaiah 7:11 Or, make thy petion deep
Isaiah 7:19 Or, commendable trees
Isaiah 7:22 Heb. in the midst of the land

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 7 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () Αχαζ () τοῦ () Ιωαθαμ () τοῦ () υἱοῦ () Οζιου () βασιλέως () Ιουδα ἀνέβη () Ραασσων βασιλεὺς () Αραμ () καὶ () Φακεε υἱὸς () Ρομελιου βασιλεὺς () Ισραηλ () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () πολεμῆσαι () αὐτὴν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠδυνήθησαν () πολιορκῆσαι αὐτήν. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀνηγγέλη () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () Δαυιδ () λέγοντες () Συνεφώνησεν () Αραμ () πρὸς () τὸν () Εφραιμ· () καὶ () ἐξέστη () ἡ () ψυχὴ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἡ () ψυχὴ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ, () ὃν () τρόπον () ὅταν () ἐν () δρυμῷ ξύλον () ὑπὸ () πνεύματος () σαλευθῇ. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Ησαιαν () Ἔξελθε () εἰς () συνάντησιν () Αχαζ () σὺ () καὶ () ὁ () καταλειφθεὶς () Ιασουβ ὁ () υἱός () σου () πρὸς () τὴν () κολυμβήθραν () τῆς () ἄνω () ὁδοῦ () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ () τοῦ () γναφέως ()
[4] καὶ () ἐρεῖς () αὐτῷ () Φύλαξαι () τοῦ () ἡσυχάσαι () καὶ () μὴ () φοβοῦ, () μηδὲ () ἡ () ψυχή () σου () ἀσθενείτω () ἀπὸ () τῶν () δύο () ξύλων () τῶν () δαλῶν τῶν () καπνιζομένων τούτων· () ὅταν () γὰρ () ὀργὴ () τοῦ () θυμοῦ () μου () γένηται, () πάλιν () ἰάσομαι. ()
[5] Καὶ () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () Αραμ () καὶ () ὁ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () Ρομελιου, ὅτι () ἐβουλεύσαντο () βουλὴν () πονηρὰν περὶ () σοῦ () λέγοντες ()
[6] Ἀναβησόμεθα () εἰς () τὴν () Ιουδαίαν () καὶ () συλλαλήσαντες () αὐτοῖς () ἀποστρέψομεν () αὐτοὺς () πρὸς () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () βασιλεύσομεν () αὐτῆς () τὸν () υἱὸν () Ταβεηλ,
[7] τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () σαβαωθ () Οὐ () μὴ () ἐμμείνῃ () ἡ () βουλὴ () αὕτη () οὐδὲ () ἔσται· ()
[8] ἀλλ’ () ἡ () κεφαλὴ () Αραμ () Δαμασκός, () ἀλλ’ () ἔτι () ἑξήκοντα () καὶ () πέντε () ἐτῶν () ἐκλείψει () ἡ () βασιλεία () Εφραιμ () ἀπὸ () λαοῦ, ()
[9] καὶ () ἡ () κεφαλὴ () Εφραιμ () Σομορων, καὶ () ἡ () κεφαλὴ () Σομορων υἱὸς () τοῦ () Ρομελιου· καὶ () ἐὰν () μὴ () πιστεύσητε, () οὐδὲ () μὴ () συνῆτε. ()
[10] Καὶ () προσέθετο () κύριος () λαλῆσαι () τῷ () Αχαζ () λέγων ()
[11] Αἴτησαι () σεαυτῷ () σημεῖον () παρὰ () κυρίου () θεοῦ () σου () εἰς () βάθος () ἢ () εἰς () ὕψος. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Αχαζ () Οὐ () μὴ () αἰτήσω () οὐδ’ () οὐ () μὴ () πειράσω () κύριον. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἀκούσατε () δή, () οἶκος () Δαυιδ· () μὴ () μικρὸν ὑμῖν () ἀγῶνα () παρέχειν () ἀνθρώποις; () Καὶ () πῶς () κυρίῳ () παρέχετε () ἀγῶνα; ()
[14] Διὰ () τοῦτο () δώσει () κύριος () αὐτὸς () ὑμῖν () σημεῖον· () ἰδοὺ () ἡ () παρθένος () ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἕξει () καὶ () τέξεται () υἱόν, () καὶ () καλέσεις () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Εμμανουηλ· ()
[15] βούτυρον καὶ () μέλι () φάγεται· () πρὶν () ἢ () γνῶναι () αὐτὸν () ἢ () προελέσθαι () πονηρὰ () ἐκλέξεται () τὸ () ἀγαθόν· ()
[16] διότι () πρὶν () ἢ () γνῶναι () τὸ () παιδίον () ἀγαθὸν () ἢ () κακὸν () ἀπειθεῖ () πονηρίᾳ () τοῦ () ἐκλέξασθαι () τὸ () ἀγαθόν, () καὶ () καταλειφθήσεται () ἡ () γῆ, () ἣν () σὺ () φοβῇ () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῶν () δύο () βασιλέων. ()
[17] Ἀλλὰ () ἐπάξει () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐπὶ () σὲ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () λαόν () σου () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () πατρός () σου () ἡμέρας, () αἳ () οὔπω () ἥκασιν () ἀφ’ () ἧς () ἡμέρας () ἀφεῖλεν () Εφραιμ () ἀπὸ () Ιουδα, τὸν () βασιλέα () τῶν () Ἀσσυρίων.
[18] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () συριεῖ κύριος () μυίαις, ὃ () κυριεύει () μέρους () ποταμοῦ () Αἰγύπτου, () καὶ () τῇ () μελίσσῃ, ἥ () ἐστιν () ἐν () χώρᾳ () Ἀσσυρίων,
[19] καὶ () ἐλεύσονται () πάντες () καὶ () ἀναπαύσονται () ἐν () ταῖς () φάραγξι () τῆς () χώρας () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () τρώγλαις τῶν () πετρῶν () καὶ () εἰς () τὰ () σπήλαια () καὶ () εἰς () πᾶσαν () ῥαγάδα καὶ () ἐν () παντὶ () ξύλῳ. ()
[20] Ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () ξυρήσει () κύριος () τῷ () ξυρῷ τῷ () μεγάλῳ () καὶ () μεμεθυσμένῳ, () ὅ () ἐστιν () πέραν () τοῦ () ποταμοῦ () βασιλέως () Ἀσσυρίων, τὴν () κεφαλὴν () καὶ () τὰς () τρίχας () τῶν () ποδῶν () καὶ () τὸν () πώγωνα ἀφελεῖ. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () θρέψει () ἄνθρωπος () δάμαλιν () βοῶν () καὶ () δύο () πρόβατα, ()
[22] καὶ () ἔσται () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πλεῖστον () ποιεῖν () γάλα () βούτυρον καὶ () μέλι () φάγεται () πᾶς () ὁ () καταλειφθεὶς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () πᾶς () τόπος, () οὗ () ἐὰν () ὦσιν () χίλιαι () ἄμπελοι () χιλίων () σίκλων, εἰς () χέρσον ἔσονται () καὶ () εἰς () ἄκανθαν· ()
[24] μετὰ () βέλους () καὶ () τοξεύματος εἰσελεύσονται () ἐκεῖ, () ὅτι () χέρσος καὶ () ἄκανθα () ἔσται () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ. ()
[25] Καὶ () πᾶν () ὄρος () ἀροτριώμενον () ἀροτριαθήσεται, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἐπέλθῃ () ἐκεῖ () φόβος· () ἔσται () γὰρ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () χέρσου καὶ () ἀκάνθης () εἰς () βόσκημα προβάτου () καὶ () εἰς () καταπάτημα βοός. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.