| 17:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son
of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin,
king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of
Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but
could not prevail against it. |
The following
section is quoted from Isaiah 7. See the note at I Nephi 20:1. 7:1 And it came to
pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of
Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of
Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel,
went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not
prevail against it.
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| 17:2 And it was told the house of David, saying:
Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was
moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the
wood are moved with the wind. |
7:2 And it
was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate
with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of
his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the
wind. |
| 17:3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to
meet Ahaz, thou and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of
the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the
fuller's field; |
7:3 Then said
the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou,
and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the
upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; |
| 17:4 And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear
not, neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these
smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with
Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. |
7:4 And say
unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be
fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking
firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and
of the son of Remaliah. |
| 17:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of
Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying: |
7:5 Because
Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil
counsel against thee, saying, |
| 17:6 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. |
7:6 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, even
the son of Tabeal: |
| 17:7 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand,
neither shall it come to pass. |
7:7 Thus
saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it
come to pass. |
| 17:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head
of Damascus, Rezin; and within three score and five years
shall Ephraim be broken that it be not a people. |
7:8 For the
head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of
Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five
years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. |
| 17:9 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. |
7:9 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. |
| 17:10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz,
saying: |
7:10 Moreover
the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, |
| 17:11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it
either in the depths, or in the heights above. |
7:11 Ask thee
a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth,
or in the height above. |
| 17:12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I
tempt the Lord. |
7:12 But Ahaz
said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. |
| 17:13 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? |
7:13 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? |
| 17:14 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. |
7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold,
a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call
his name Immanuel. |
| 17:15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know
to refuse the evil and to choose the good. |
7:15 Butter
and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the
evil, and choose the good. |
| 17:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the
evil and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest
shall be forsaken of both her kings. |
7:16 For
before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and
choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be
forsaken of both her kings. |
| 17:17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy
people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not
come from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, the
king of Assyria. |
7:17 The Lord
shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy
father's house, days that have not come from the day that
Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of
Assyria. |
| 17:18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the
Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part
of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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7:18 And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord
shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost
part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is
in the land of Assyria. |
| 17:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them
in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks,
and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. |
7:19 And they
shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate
valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all
thorns, and upon all bushes. |
| 17:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a
razor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the
king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and
it shall also consume the beard. |
7:20 In the
same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,
namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of
Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall
also consume the beard. |
| 17:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man
shall nourish a young cow and two sheep; |
7:21 And it
shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall
nourish a young cow, and two sheep; |
| 17:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of
milk they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and
honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. |
7:22 And it
shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that
they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey
shall every one eat that is left in the land. |
| 17:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, every
place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a
thousand silverlings, which shall be for briers and
thorns. |
7:23 And it
shall come to pass in that day, that every place
shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand
silverlings, it shall even be for briers and
thorns. |
| 17:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come
thither, because all the land shall become briers and
thorns. |
7:24 With
arrows and with bows shall men come thither;
because all the land shall become briers and thorns. |
| 17:25 And all hills that shall be digged with the
mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers
and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of
oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle. |
7:25 And on
all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there
shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but
it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the
treading of lesser cattle. |
