11. “Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.”
12. But Ahaz responded, “I don’t want to ask; I don’t want to put the Lord to a test.”
13. So Isaiah replied, “Pay attention, family of David. Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?
14. For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.
15. He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.
16. Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.
17. The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s family a time unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah – the king of Assyria!”