Isaiah 7

vayehi bime akhaz ben-yotam ben-uzziyyahu melekh yehudah alah retsin melekh-aram ufeqakh ben-remalyahu melekh-yisra'el yerushalai͏m lammilkhamah aleha velo yakhol lehillakhem aleha

In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched upon Jerusalem to attack it; but they were not able to attack it.

vayyuggad levet david lemor nakhah aram al-efrayim vayyana levavo ulevav ammo kenoa atse-ya'ar mippene-ruakh

Now, when it was reported to the House of David that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, their hearts and the hearts of their people trembled as trees of the forest sway before a wind.

vayyomer Adonai el-yeshayahu tse-na liqrat akhaz attah ushe'ar yashuv benekha el-qetseh te'alat habberekhah ha'elyonah el-mesillat sedeh khoves

But GOD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the Upper Pool, by the road of the Fuller’s Field.

ve'amarta elayw hishamer vehashqet al-tira ulevavekha al-yerakh mishene zanvot ha'udim ha'ashenim ha'elleh bokhori-af retsin va'aram uven-remalyahu

And say to him: Be firm and be calm. Do not be afraid and do not lose heart on account of those two smoking stubs of firebrands, on account of the raging of Rezin and his Arameans and the son of Remaliah.

ya'an ki-ya'ats alekha aram ra'ah efrayim uven-remalyahu lemor

Because the Arameans—with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah—have plotted against you, saying,

na'aleh vihudah uneqitsennah venavqi'ennah elenu venamlikh melekh betokhah et ben-tave'al

‘We will march against Judah and invade and conquer it, and we will set up as king in it the son of Tabeel,’

koh amar adonay Elohim lo taqum velo tihyeh

thus said my Sovereign GOD: It shall not succeed, It shall not come to pass.

ki rosh aram dammeseq verosh dammeseq retsin uve'od shishim vekhamesh shanah yekhat efrayim me'am

For the chief city of Aram is Damascus, And the chief of Damascus is Rezin;

verosh efrayim shomeron verosh shomeron ben-remalyahu im lo ta'aminu ki lo te'amenu

The chief city of Ephraim is Samaria, And the chief of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. And in another sixty-five years, Ephraim shall be shattered as a people. If you will not believe, for you cannot be trusted…”

vayyosef Adonai dabber el-akhaz lemor

GOD spoke further to Ahaz:

she'al-lekha ot me'im Adonai elohekha hameq she'alah o hagbeah lema'elah

“Ask for a sign from the ETERNAL your God, anywhere down to Sheol or up to the sky.”

vayyomer akhaz lo-eshal velo-anasseh et-Adonai

But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask, and I will not test GOD.”

vayyomer shimu-na bet david hame'at mikkem hale'ot anashim ki talu gam et-elohay

“Listen, House of David,” [Isaiah] retorted, “is it not enough for you to treat the agents as helpless that you also treat my God as helpless?

lakhen yitten adonay hu lakhem ot hinneh ha'almah harah veyoledet ben veqarat shemo immanu el

Assuredly, my Sovereign will give you a sign nonetheless! Look, the young woman is with child and about to give birth to a son. Let her name him Immanuel.

khemah udevash yokhel ledato ma'os bara uvakhor battov

(By the time he learns to reject the bad and choose the good, people will be feeding on curds and honey.)

ki beterem yeda hanna'ar ma'os bara uvakhor battov te'azev ha'adamah asher attah qats mippene shene melakheha

For before the lad knows to reject the bad and choose the good, the ground whose two kings you dread shall be abandoned.

yavi Adonai alekha ve'al-ammekha ve'al-bet avikha yamim asher lo-va'u lemiyyom sur-efrayim me'al yehudah et melekh ashur

GOD will cause to come upon you and your people and your ancestral house such days as have not come since Ephraim turned away from Judah—that selfsame king of Assyria!

vehayah bayyom hahu yishroq Adonai lazzevuv asher biqtseh ye'ore mitsrayim veladdevorah asher be'erets ashur

“In that day, GOD will whistle to the flies at the ends of the water channels of Egypt and to the bees in the land of Assyria;

uva'u venakhu khullam benakhale habbattot uvinqiqe hassela'im uvekhol hanna'atsutsim uvekhol hannahalolim

and they shall all come and alight in the rugged wadis, and in the clefts of the rocks, and in all the thornbrakes, and in all the watering places.

bayyom hahu yegallakh adonay beta'ar hassekhirah be'evre nahar bemelekh ashur et-harosh vesa'ar haraglayim vegam et-hazzaqan tispeh

“In that day, my Sovereign will cut away with the razor that is hired beyond the Euphrates—with the king of Assyria—the hair of the head and the hair of the legs, and it shall clip off the beard as well.

vehayah bayyom hahu yekhayyeh-ish eglat baqar ushete-tson

And in that day, each household shall save alive a heifer of the herd and two animals of the flock.

vehayah merov asot khalav yokhal khemah ki-khemah udevash yokhel kol-hannotar beqerev ha'arets

(And they shall obtain so much milk that they shall eat curds.) Thus everyone who is left in the land shall feed on curds and honey.

vehayah bayyom hahu yihyeh khol-maqom asher yihyeh-sham elef gefen be'elef kasef lashamir velashayit yihyeh

“For in that day, every spot where there could stand a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver shall become a wilderness of thornbush and thistle.

bakhitsim uvaqqeshet yavo shammah ki-shamir vashayit tihyeh khol-ha'arets

One will have to go there with bow and arrows, for the country shall be all thornbushes and thistles.

vekhol heharim asher bammader ye'aderun lo-tavo shammah yirat shamir vashayit vehayah lemishlakh shor ulemirmas seh

But the perils of thornbush and thistle shall not spread to any of the hills that could only be tilled with a hoe; and here cattle shall be let loose, and sheep and goats shall tramp about.”