11. “Ask the Lord your God for a sign. It can be anything you want.”
12. But Ahaz answered, “I won’t ask; I wouldn’t think of testing the Lord.”
13. “Listen now, descendants of David,” Isaiah said. “Isn’t it enough that you try the patience of mortals? Must you also try the patience of my God?
14. So the Lord himself will give you this sign: A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel [God Is With Us].
15. He will eat cheese and honey until he knows how to reject evil and choose good.
16. Indeed, before the boy knows how to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings who terrify you will be deserted.
17. “The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your ancestor’s family a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah. ⌊He will bring⌋ the king of Assyria.
18. On that day the Lord will whistle for the flies that are at the distant branches of the Nile River in Egypt and for the bees that are in Assyria.
19. All of them will come and settle in the deep valleys, in the cracks in the cliffs, on all the thornbushes, and at all the water holes.
20. “On that day the Lord will hire the king of Assyria from beyond the Euphrates River to be a razor to shave the hair on your head, the hair on your legs, and even your beard.
21. On that day a person will keep alive a young cow and two sheep.
22. That person will eat cheese, because they will produce so much milk. Everyone who is left in the land will eat cheese and honey.
23. On that day, in every place where there were 1,000 vines (worth 1,000 pieces of silver), there will be briars and thorns.