And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, thatRezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towardJerusalem to war against it, but could not prevailagainst it.
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederatewithEphraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are movedwith the wind.
Thensaid the LORDuntoIsaiah, Go forth now to meetAhaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upperpool in the highway of the fuller’sfield;
And say unto him, Takeheed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of thesesmokingfirebrands, for the fierceanger of RezinwithSyria, and of the son of Remaliah.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and withinthreescore and fiveyearsshallEphraim be broken, that it be not a people.
The LORDshallbringuponthee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’shouse, daysthathave not comefrom the day thatEphraimdepartedfromJudah; even the king of Assyria.
And it shallcome to pass in that day, that the LORDshallhiss for the fly that is in the uttermostpart of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
In the same day shall the Lordshavewith a razorthat is hired, namely, by thembeyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shallalsoconsume the beard.
And it shallcome to pass, for the abundance of milkthattheyshallgive he shall eat butter: for butter and honeyshallevery one eat that is left in the land.
And it shallcome to pass in that day, thateveryplaceshall be, wheretherewere a thousandvines at a thousandsilverlings, it shalleven be for briers and thorns.
And on all hillsthatshall be diggedwith the mattock, thereshall not comethither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sendingforth of oxen, and for the treading of lessercattle.