So Isaiah replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Pay attention,<n id="2" /> family<n id="3" /> of David.<n id="4" /> Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?

Here is why this will be so:<n id="1" /> Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land<n id="2" /> whose two kings you fear will be desolate.<n id="3" />

From the abundance of milk they produce,<n id="1" /> he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

for before the child knows how to cry out, &#8216;My father&#8217; or &#8216;My mother,&#8217; the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria<n id="1" /> will be carried off by the king of Assyria.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;These people<n id="1" /> have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah<n id="2" /> and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Indeed this is what the <sc>Lordsc> told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:<n id="1" />p>

They will pass through the land<n id="1" /> destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry,<n id="2" /> and they will curse their king and their God<n id="3" /> as they look upward.

<p class="poetry">For their oppressive yokep> <p class="poetry">and the club that strikes their shoulders,p> <p class="poetry">the cudgel the oppressor uses on them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have shattered, as in the day of Midian&#8217;s defeat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and every garment dragged through bloodp> <p class="poetry">is used as fuel for the fire.p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> evil burned like a fire,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it consumed thorns and briers;p> <p class="poetry">it burned up the thickets of the forest,p> <p class="poetry">and they went up in smoke.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">But he does not agree with this,p> <p class="poetry">his mind does not reason this way,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for his goal is to destroy,p> <p class="poetry">and to eliminate many nations.<n id="2" />p>

For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as<n id="1" /> the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back.<n id="2" /> Destruction has been decreed;<n id="3" /> just punishment<n id="4" /> is about to engulf you.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">They will no longer injure or destroyp> <p class="poetry">on my entire royal mountain.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For there will be universal submission to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sovereignty,p> <p class="poetry">just as the waters completely cover the sea.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look, God is my deliverer!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will trust in him<n id="2" /> and not fear.p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> gives me strength and protects me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he has become my deliverer.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> you will say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Ask him for help!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Publicize his mighty acts among the nations!p> <p class="poetry">Make it known that he is unique!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellationsp> <p class="poetry">no longer give out their light;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,p> <p class="poetry">and the moon does not shine.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> will certainly have compassion on Jacob;<n id="1" /> he will again choose Israel as his special people<n id="2" /> and restore<n id="3" /> them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family<n id="4" /> of Jacob.

<p class="poetry">You will not be buried with them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because you destroyed your landp> <p class="poetry">and killed your people.p> <p class="poetry">The offspring of the wickedp> <p class="poetry">will never be mentioned again.p>

<p class="poetry">Wail, O city gate!p> <p class="poetry">Cry out, O city!p> <p class="poetry">Melt with fear,<n id="1" /> all you Philistines!p> <p class="poetry">For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,p> <p class="poetry">and there are no stragglers in its ranks.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Please let the Moabite fugitives live<n id="1" /> among you.p> <p class="poetry">Hide them<n id="2" /> from the destroyer!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="3" /> the one who applies pressure will cease,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the destroyer will come to an end,p> <p class="poetry">those who trample will disappear<n id="5" /> from the earth.p>