King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it. But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.”
Then Isaiah said: hear now, you house of David The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right. But before that, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste The Lord will bring on you a time unlike any you have yet experienced.
In that day the LORD will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees in the caves, ravines and in the crevices in the rocks