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.

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.

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;

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.

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying:

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 Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

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.

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.

10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.

12 But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

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?

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.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;

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.

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.

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

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.

1 Toda a congregação dos filhos de Israel partiu do deserto de Sim, fazendo suas paradas, segundo o mandamento do Senhor, e acamparam em Refidim; mas ali não havia água para o povo beber. 2 Então o povo discutiu com Moisés e disse:

— Dê-nos água para beber.

Moisés respondeu:

— Por que vocês estão discutindo comigo? Por que estão tentando o Senhor?

3 Mas ali o povo estava com sede de água e murmurou contra Moisés, dizendo:

— Por que você nos tirou do Egito, para nos matar de sede, a nós, a nossos filhos e aos nossos rebanhos?

4 Então Moisés clamou ao Senhor:

— Que farei com este povo? Daqui a pouco vão me apedrejar.

5 O Senhor respondeu:

— Passe adiante do povo e leve com você alguns dos anciãos de Israel. Leve também o bordão com que você feriu o rio Nilo e siga em frente. 6 Eis que estarei ali diante de você sobre a rocha em Horebe. Bata na rocha, e dela sairá água; e o povo beberá.

Moisés assim o fez na presença dos anciãos de Israel. 7 E chamou o nome daquele lugar Massá e Meribá, por causa da discussão dos filhos de Israel e porque tentaram o Senhor, dizendo:

— Está o Senhor no meio de nós ou não?

8 Então vieram os amalequitas e atacaram Israel em Refidim. 9 Com isso, Moisés ordenou a Josué:

— Escolha alguns homens e vá lutar contra os amalequitas. Amanhã eu estarei no alto do monte, e o bordão de Deus estará na minha mão.

10 Josué fez como Moisés lhe havia ordenado e lutou contra os amalequitas. Porém Moisés, Arão e Hur subiram para o alto do monte. 11 Quando Moisés levantava a mão, Israel vencia; quando, porém, ele abaixava a mão, os amalequitas venciam. 12 Quando as mãos de Moisés ficaram pesadas, pegaram uma pedra e a puseram por baixo dele, para que Moisés se sentasse. Arão e Hur sustentavam as mãos de Moisés, um, de um lado, e o outro, do outro; assim as mãos dele ficaram firmes até o pôr do sol. 13 E Josué destruiu os amalequitas a fio de espada.

14 Então o Senhor disse a Moisés:

— Escreva isto para memória num livro e repita-o a Josué, porque eu vou apagar totalmente a memória dos amalequitas da face da terra.

15 E Moisés edificou um altar e lhe deu o nome de O Senhor É Minha Bandeira. 16 E disse:

— Porque o Senhor jurou, haverá guerra do Senhor contra os amalequitas de geração em geração.