7. thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall not stand, nor come to pass;
8. for the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so as to be no more a people;
9. and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye believe not, surely ye shall not be established.
10. And Jehovah spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
11. Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God ask for it in the deep, or in the height above.
12. And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah.
13. And he said, Hear then, house of David: Is it a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also my God
14. Therefore will the Lord himself give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and shall bring forth a son, and call his name Immanuel.
15. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
16. For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.
17. Jehovah will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which have not come since the day when Ephraim turned away from Judah-- even the king of Assyria.
18. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly which is at the extremity of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria;
19. and they shall come and settle all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and on all thorn-bushes, and on all the pastures.