Isaiah 7:5-17
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5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
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6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
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7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
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8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
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9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
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10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
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11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
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13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
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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.
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15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
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17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.