18 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
19 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, yea, the son of Tabeal:
20 Thus saith the Lord God, it shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
21 For the head of Syria, is Damascus; and the head of Damascus, Rezin: and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
22 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.
23 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
24 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.
25 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
26 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?
27 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
28 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.
