Isaiah 7

As Syria and Israel plotted to overthrow Judah, Isaiah was sent to prophecy to Ahaz -

"Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass."  (Old Testament | Isaiah 7:7)

He found Ahaz hiding -

"...at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field..."  (Old Testament | Isaiah 7:3)

...which I believe was where the women washed their clothes.

It is there Ahaz is warned -

"...If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established."  (Old Testament | Isaiah 7:9)

Suggesting he or his people will be taken away or destroyed for disobedience and belief if they do not repent and follow the instructions of Isaiah.  But, in my mind, to verify to Ahaz that Isaiah was speaking the truth -

"Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."  (Old Testament | Isaiah 7:10 - 11)

Ahaz was given an opportunity that few have ever been given, to ask for any kind of sign he wanted -

"But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD."  (Old Testament | Isaiah 7:12)

Ahaz did not want any evidence to believe.  He did not want to trust the Lord.  So Isaiah gives a prophetic sign -

"Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings."  (Old Testament | Isaiah 7:13 - 16)

Not only did he prophecy concerning the coming of the Savior, but he also said that within the time frame, or the length of time the Savior (which obviously would be only a few years) would come to know good and evil from a babe, both kings of Syria and Israel lose their crowns.  He also prophecies of the coming of Assyria and that they will be so many that  -

"...they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes."  (Old Testament | Isaiah 7:19)

And as a result, many of Judah and Israel will become slaves.