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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 7, Verse 8

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Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
King James Version
For the head of Syria [is] Damascus, and the head of Damascus [is] Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
American Standard Version
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people:
New English Translation
For Syria’s leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation.
World English Bible
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
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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.
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Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
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Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
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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?
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Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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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.
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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; [even] the king of Assyria.
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And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall hiss for the fly that [is] in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.