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9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, And the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, Surely you shall not be established." ' "
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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 Moreover 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; ask it either in the depth or in the height above."
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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, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?
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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, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall 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 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the 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 Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.
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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 the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father's house--days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah."
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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 And it shall come to pass in that day That the Lord will whistle for the fly That is in the farthest 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 come, and all of them will rest In the desolate valleys and in the clefts of the rocks, And on all thorns and in all pastures.
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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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