Nephi Quotes Isaiah: Christ’S Birth

Event 28

Reference: 2 Ne. 17:1-25; 18:1-22; 19:1-21; See Isa. 7:1-25;8:1-22; 9:1-21

AND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the sonof Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah theson of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to waragainst it, but could not prevail against it. 2 And it was told thehouse of David, saying:IsaiahSee Isa. 7:1-25Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved,and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are movedwith the wind.3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah:Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou and Shearjashub thy son, atthe end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of thefuller’s field; 4 And say unto him:The LordTake heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted forthe two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce angerof Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 5 BecauseSyria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evilcounsel against thee, saying:6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make abreach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea,the son of Tabeal.Syria, Ephraimand the SonRemaliah7 Thus saith the Lord God:IsaiahIt shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 8 For the head ofSyria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rezin; andwithin threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken that itbe not a people. 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and thehead of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe surelyye shall not be established.The Lord10 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:Isaiah11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in thedepths, or in the heights above.The Lord12 But Ahaz said:IsaiahI will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.Ahaz13 And he said:IsaiahHear ye now, O house of David; is it a small thing for you toweary men, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore, theLord himself shall give you a sign—Behold, a virgin shallconceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his nameImmanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may knowThe Lord to refuse the evil and to choose the good. 16 For before the childshall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land thatthou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.The LordSee Isa. 7:1-25Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and uponthy father’s house, days that have not come from the day thatEphraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria. 18 And it shallcome to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that isin the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land ofAssyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in thedesolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns,and upon all bushes. 20 In the same day shall the Lord shave witha razor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king ofAssyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall alsoconsume the beard. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, a manshall nourish a young cow and two sheep; 22 And it shall come topass, for the abundance of milk they shall give he shall eat butter;for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. 23And it shall come to pass in that day, every place shall be, wherethere were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, which shallbe for briers and thorns. 24 With arrows and with bows shall mencome thither, because all the land shall become briers and thorns.25 And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shallnot come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for thesending forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser cattle.Isaiah1 MOREOVER, the word of the Lord said unto me:See Isa. 8:1-22Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen,concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.The Lord2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest,and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto theprophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lordto me:IsaiahCall his name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 For behold, the childshall not have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother,before the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall betaken away before the king of Assyria.The Lord5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:Isaiah6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah thatgo softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;The Lord7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them thewaters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria andall his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and goover all his banks. 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shalloverflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and thestretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, OImmanuel. 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall bebroken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; girdyourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, andIsaiah ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shallcome to naught; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God iswith us. 11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, andinstructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people,saying:IsaiahSee Isa. 8:1-22Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people shallsay, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.The Lord13 Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear,and let him be your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; butfor a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both thehouses of Israel, for a gin and a snare to the inhabitants ofJerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble and fall, andbe broken, and be snared, and be taken. 16 Bind up the testimony,seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the Lord,that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look forhim. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given meare for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts,which dwelleth in Mount Zion. 19 And when they shall say untoyou:IsaiahSeek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards thatpeep and mutter—Peopleshould not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear fromthe dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony; and if they speak notaccording to this word, it is because there is no light in them. 21And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and hungry; and itshall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fretthemselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.22 And they shall look unto the earth and behold trouble, anddarkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to darkness.Isaiah1 NEVERTHELESS, the dimness shall not be such as was in hervexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, andthe land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously afflict bythe way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations. 2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; theythat dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath thelight shined. 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased thejoy—they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and asmen rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For thou hast broken theyoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of hisoppressor. 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise,and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning andfuel of fire.See Isa. 9:1-216 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and thegovernment shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall becalled, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The EverlastingFather, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of government andpeace there is no end, upon the throne of David, and upon hiskingdom to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, even forever. The zeal of the Lord ofHosts will perform this. 8 The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and ithath lighted upon Israel. 9 And all the people shall know, evenEphraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride andstoutness of heart: 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will buildwith hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will changethem into cedars. 11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversariesof Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; 12 TheSyrians before and the Philistines behind; and they shall devourIsrael with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away,but his hand is stretched out still. 13 For the people turneth notunto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.IsaiahSee Isa. 9:1-21Land of Nephi560 to 546 B.C.14 Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, branchand rush in one day. 15 The ancient, he is the head; and the prophetthat teacheth lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this peoplecause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. 17Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neithershall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every one ofthem is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speakethfolly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand isstretched out still. 18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shalldevour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of theforests, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 19Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land darkened, andthe people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall spare hisbrother. 20 And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry;and he shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied;they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm— 21 Manasseh,Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they together shall be againstJudah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand isstretched out still.