The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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9 The head of Efrayim is Shomron, and the head of Shomron is the son of Remalyah. Without firm faith, you will not be firmly 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 ADONAI spoke again to Achaz; he said,
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Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz,
11 "Ask ADONAI your God to give you a sign. Ask it anywhere, from the depths of Sh'ol to the heights 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 Achaz answered, "I won't ask, I won't test ADONAI."
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But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test.”
13 Then [the prophet] said, "Listen here, house of David! Is trying people's patience such a small thing for you that you must 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 Adonai himself will give you people a sign: the young woman will become pregnant, bear a son and name him 'Immanu El [God is with us].
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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 By the time he knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, he will [have to] eat curdled milk and [wild] honey.
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He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,
16 Yes, before the child knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be left abandoned.
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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 ADONAI will bring the king of Ashur on you, your people and your father's house. These will be days worse than any you've known since Efrayim broke loose from Y'hudah." Or: "the virgin." See Introduction, Section XIV, footnote 69.
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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 Yes, when that day comes, ADONAI will whistle for the fly in the farthest streams of the Nile in Egypt and for the bee in the land of Ashur.
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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 settle, all of them, in steep vadis and holes in the rocks and on all thorn bushes and brambles.
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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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