The king Ahaz of Judah is afraid of a coalition between the king Rezim of Aram (Siria) and king Pekah of Israel.
Isaiah goes to the king Ahaz with a message:
Listen, calm down. Don’t be afraid.
It won’t happen.
Nothing will come of it
Because the capital of Aram is Damascus
and the king of Damascus is a mere man, Rezin.
As for Ephraim, in sixty-five years
it will be rubble, nothing left of it.
The capital of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the king of Samaria is the mere son of Remaliah.
If you don’t take your stand in faith,
you won’t have a leg to stand on.
Ask for a sign from your God. Ask anything. Be extravagant. Ask for the moon!
Isaiah demands that the king Ahaz stand in faith, otherwise, trouble will come. Isaiah demands that Ahaz asks for a sign (in order to believe, stand in faith), but Ahaz doesn't ask for anything. Thus, Isaiah prophesies:
A girl who is presently a virgin will get pregnant. She’ll bear a son and name him Immanuel (God-With-Us). By the time the child is twelve years old, able to make moral decisions, the threat of war will be over. Relax, those two kings that have you so worried will be out of the picture. But also be warned: God will bring on you and your people and your government a judgment worse than anything since the time the kingdom split, when Ephraim left Judah. The king of Assyria is coming!
Isaiah 6 continues with prophecies about Judah's doom due to the king of Assyria.
we understand that this prophecy was fulfilled: when Jesus was child, the thread of this coalition was over.
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