9. “And the head of Ephrayim is Shomeron, and the head of Shomeron is the son of Remalyahu. If you do not believe, you are not steadfast.” ’ ”
10. And יהוה spoke again to Aḥaz, saying,
11. “Ask a sign for yourself from יהוה your Elohim; make deep the request or make it high.”
12. But Aḥaz said, “I do not ask nor try יהוה!”
13. And he said, “Hear now, O house of Dawiḏ! Is it not enough that you weary men, that you weary my Elohim also?
14. “Therefore יהוה Himself gives you a sign: Look, the maiden conceives and gives birth to a Son, and shall call His Name Immanu’ĕl.
15. “He eats curds and honey when He knows to refuse evil and choose the good.
16. “For before the Child knows to refuse evil and choose the good, the land that you dread is to be forsaken by both her sovereigns.
17. “יהוה brings on you and your people and your father’s house days that have not come since the day that Ephrayim turned away from Yehuḏah – the sovereign of Ashshur.”
18. And it shall be in that day that יהוה whistles for the fly that is in the farthest part of the rivers of Mitsrayim, and for the bee that is in the land of Ashshur.