- Insight from Butler's Daily Bible Reading: Isaiah 7—Villains. •Suppression by the villains: Samaria (northern Israel led by their king Remaliah) and Syria (led by their king Rezin) united to attack Judah whose king at that time was Ahaz. •Sign about the villains: the virgin birth (v. 14) was the sign that the villains would not succeed against Judah—this sign was a prophesy of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ as referred to in Matthew 1:22, 23. •Siege after the villains: Judah would be attacked by Assyria because of Judah’s wickedness.