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Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz,
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"Ask 1a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven."
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But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test."
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And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you 2weary my God also?
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Therefore the 3Lord himself will give you a sign. 4Behold, the 5virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name 6Immanuel.
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He shall eat 7curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
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8For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be 9deserted.
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10The LORD will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that 11Ephraim departed from Judah--the king of Assyria."
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In that day the LORD will 12whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and 13in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.
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In that day 14the Lord will 15shave with a razor that is 16hired beyond 17the River--with the king of Assyria--the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
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18In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep,
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and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat 19curds and honey.
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In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become 20briers and thorns.
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21With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns.
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22And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear 23of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.