2 Nephi 17

1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son

2And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is confederate

3Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou

4And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be

5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil

6Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make a breach

7Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come

8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus,

9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is

10Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:

11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths,

12But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

13And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing

14Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign—Behold, a

15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the

16For before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the

17The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy

18And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss

19And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate

20In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired,

21And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall nourish a

22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk they shall

23And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be,

24With arrows and with bows shall men come thither, because all the

25And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall