Assyria the Lord's Instrument

Isaiah introduces himself as son Amoz. He writes about the vision he saw of Judah and Jerusalem during the reigns of Uzzaih, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah. This is during the period, after Israel ruled by King Saul, David and Solomon fell to civil war and divided into the North (Israel) and the South (Judah). The kingdom of Judah was supposedly more pious.

Isaiah 1-12 covers the period when people lived in great wealth and prosperity. Isaiah's commission in Isaiah 6 - he saw seraphs, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their facaes, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. This is the only place that the term seraphs is found. I suppose they are angels and spokesmen for God.

Immanuel
God promises Judah safety from the surrounding enemies. Ahaz refuses to ask for a sign, but Isaiah reveals it anyway. Isaiah 7:14 - " Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and (they) will call him Immanuel." Immanuel means God with us. They keep refering to a boy...

Isaiah 7 prophecizes, the kind of Assyria will come to invade Judah, flies and bees. The kind of Assyria will shave off the king of Judah's head, beard even the hairs on his leg. The people will eat milk curds and honey, but I don't understand why they can't cultivate or raise cattle because of the briers and thorns.

Assyria
Assyria will be God's Instrument to destroy Judah. Isaiah 8:4 "Before the boy knows how to say My Father or My mother, the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria."v9 The nation will be shattered. King Ahaz and his men make the mistakes of consulting guidance from all the wrong places - mediums, spiritists and the dead. They should've just asked God and consulted the scriptures and the law.