13. Then Isaiah said, “Family of David, listen very carefully! Is it not enough that you would test the patience of humans? Will you now test the patience of my God?
14. But the Lord will still show you this sign: The young woman is pregnant and will give birth to a son. She will name him Immanuel.
15. He will eat milk curds and honey as he learns to choose good and refuse evil.
16. But before he is old enough to make that choice, the land of the two kings you fear will be empty.
17. “But the Lord will bring troubled times to you. These troubles will be worse than anything that has happened since the time Israel separated from Judah. This will happen to your people and to your father’s family when God brings the king of Assyria to fight against you.
18. “At that time the Lord will call for the ‘Fly’ that is now near the streams of Egypt, and he will call for the ‘Bee’ that is now in the country of Assyria. Those enemies will come to your country.
19. They will settle in the deep valleys and in the caves, by the thornbushes and watering holes.
20. The Lord will use Assyria to punish Judah. Assyria will be hired and used like a razor to shave off Judah’s beard and to remove the hair from his head and body.
21. “At that time someone might keep only one young cow and two sheep alive.
22. But there will be enough milk for them to eat milk curds. In fact, everyone left in the country will eat milk curds and honey.
23. There are now fields that have 1000 grapevines, and each grapevine is worth 1000 pieces of silver. But those fields will be covered with weeds and thorns.
24. That land will be wild and used only as a hunting ground where people go with bows and arrows.
25. People once worked the soil and grew food on these hills, but at that time they will not go there, because the fields will be covered with weeds and thorns. It will be a place where cattle graze and sheep wander.”