8. The head of Aram is Damascus,the head of Damascus is Rezin(within 65 yearsEphraim will be too shattered to be a people),
9. the head of Ephraim is Samaria,and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.If you do not stand firm in your faith,then you will not stand at all.
10. Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz:
11. “Ask for a sign from the Lord your God — from the depths of Sheol to the heights of heaven.”
12. But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask. I will not test the Lord.”
13. Isaiah said, “Listen, house of David! Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men? Will you also try the patience of my God?
14. Therefore, the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel.
15. By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating butter and honey.
16. For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.
17. The Lord will bring on you, your people, and the house of your father, such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah — the king of Assyria is coming.”
18. On that day the Lord will whistle to the flythat is at the farthest streams of the Nileand to the bee that is in the land of Assyria.