Isaiah 7:10-25 ▼

10 Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

11 Ask for yourself a sign of the LORD your God; ask something in the depth, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD my God.

13 And he said, Hear now, O house of David; it is a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

14 Therefore the LORD himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are harassed shall be forsaken.

17 The LORD shall bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house days that have not come from the day when the king of Assyria parted Ephraim from Judah.

18 And it shall come to pass on that day that the LORD shall whistle for the flies that are in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bees that are in the land of Assyria.

19 And they shall come and shall rest all of them in the valley of Jathoth and in the holes of the rocks and in all the dens.

20 On that day shall the LORD shave with a sharp razor the region that is beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and he shall also shave off the beard.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day that a man shall rear a young cow and two sheep;

22 And it shall come to pass because of the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

23 And it shall come to pass in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines, worth a thousand silver pieces, shall become briers and thorns.

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come there, because all the land shall be filled with briers and thorns.

25 And on all the hills that once were ploughed with a plough, you shall not go for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall become pasture for cattle and for the treading of sheep.