Isaiah 7:1-12 In the days of Achaz the son of Joatham, the son of Ozias king of Judah, Rasin king of Aram and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel came up against Jerusalem to war against it, but could not lay close siege to it.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In the days of Achaz the son of Joatham, the son of Ozias king of Judah, Rasin king of Aram and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel came up against Jerusalem to war against it, but could not lay close siege to it. ² When the house of David was informed that Aram had confederated with Ephraim, the heart of the king and the heart of his people was moved, as a tree in the forest is shaken by the wind. ³ Whereupon the Lord said to Esaias, Go out and meet Achaz, thou and Forsaken-jasub thy son, at the pool on the upper road to the fuller's field, ⁴ and thou shalt say to him, "Take heed and be quiet; be not terrified, nor let thy soul be dismayed on the account of these two smoaking firebrands: for when my fierce wrath is come I will again heal. ⁵ And as for the son of Aram and the son of Romelias; because they have taken evil counsel, saying, ⁶ "Let us go up to Judea and confer with the people and bring them into our measures; and let us make the son of Tabeel king over it, ⁷ thus saith the Lord of hosts. This counsel shall not stand; nor shall it take effect. ⁸ But the head of Aram shall be Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasin; but further, in three score and five years, the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from being a people, ⁹ though Somoron is the head of Ephraim, and the son of Romelias, the head of Somoron, yes though you may not believe nor understand. ¹⁰ Moreover the Lord proceeded to speak to Achaz saying, ¹¹ "Ask thee a sign from the Lord thy God in the depth or in the height." ¹² And Achaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I try the Lord."