Yeshayah (Isaiah) 7:1-17

And it came to be in the days of Aḥaz son of Yotham, son of Uzziyahu, sovereign of Yehuḏah, that Retsin sovereign of Aram and Peqaḥ son of Remalyahu, sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, went up to Yerushalayim to fight against it, but could not prevail against it. And it was reported to the house of Dawiḏ, saying, “Aram has set up camp in Ephrayim.” And his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind. And יהוה said to Yeshayahu, “Go out now to meet Aḥaz, you and She’ar-Yashuḇ your son, at the end of the channel of the upper pool, on the highway of the Launderer’s Field, and say to him, ‘Take heed, and be calm; do not fear or be faint-hearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce displeasure of Retsin and Aram, and the son of Remalyahu. Because Aram, Ephrayim, and the son of Remalyahu have plotted evil against you, saying, “Let us go up against Yehuḏah and tear it apart, and break it open for ourselves, and set a sovereign over them, the son of Taḇe’ĕl.” Thus said the Master יהוה, “It is not going to stand, nor shall it take place. “For the head of Aram is Dammeseq, and the head of Dammeseq is Retsin. And within sixty-five years Ephrayim is to be broken as a people. “And the head of Ephrayim is Shomeron, and the head of Shomeron is the son of Remalyahu. If you do not believe, you are not steadfast.” ’ ” And יהוה spoke again to Aḥaz, saying, “Ask a sign for yourself from יהוה your Elohim; make deep the request or make it high.” But Aḥaz said, “I do not ask nor try יהוה!” And he said, “Hear now, O house of Dawiḏ! Is it not enough that you weary men, that you weary my Elohim also? “Therefore יהוה Himself gives you a sign: Look, the ‘almah’ conceives and gives birth to a son, and shall call His Name Immanu’ĕl. “He eats curds and honey when He knows to refuse evil and choose the good. “For before the child knows to refuse evil and choose the good, the land that you dread is to be forsaken by both her sovereigns. “יהוה brings on you and your people and your father’s house days that have not come since the day that Ephrayim turned away from Yehuḏah – the sovereign of Ashshur.”