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9 and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely shall not last.""'
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The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’ ”
10 Then the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
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Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz,
11 "Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
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“Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.”
12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD !"
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But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test.”
13 Then he said, "Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?
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Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also?
14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.
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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
15 "He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.
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He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,
16 "For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.
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for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
17 "The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah, the king of Assyria."
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The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.”
18 In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.
19 They will all come and settle on the steep ravines, on the ledges of the cliffs, on all the thorn bushes and on all the watering places.
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They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices in the rocks, on all the thornbushes and at all the water holes.
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