14. Well then, the Lord himself will give you a sign: a young woman who is pregnant will have a son and will name him ‘Immanuel.’
15. By the time he is old enough to make his own decisions, people will be drinking milk and eating honey.
16. Even before that time comes, the lands of those two kings who terrify you will be deserted.
17. “The Lord is going to bring on you, on your people, and on the whole royal family, days of trouble worse than any that have come since the kingdom of Israel separated from Judah — he is going to bring the king of Assyria.
18. “When that time comes, the Lord will whistle as a signal for the Egyptians to come like flies from the farthest branches of the Nile, and for the Assyrians to come from their land like bees.
19. They will swarm in the rugged valleys and in the caves in the rocks, and they will cover every thorn bush and every pasture.
20. “When that time comes, the Lord will hire a barber from across the Euphrates — the emperor of Assyria! — and he will shave off your beards, and the hair on your heads and your bodies.