12. But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask—I wouldn’t test Adonai!”
13. Then he said, “Hear now, house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men? Will you also weary my God?
14. Therefore Adonai Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive. When she is giving birth to a son, she will call his name Immanuel.
15. He will be eating curds and honey by the time he knows to refuse evil and choose good.
16. For before the boy knows to refuse evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.
17. Adonai will bring—on you, on your people and on your father’s house such days as have never come since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—the king of Assyria!