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Isaiah 7:3
ESV And the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer 's Field.
NIV Then the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
NASB Then the Lord said to Isaiah, 'Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the road to the fuller’s field,
CSB The Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, by the road to the Launderer’s Field.
NLT Then the Lord said to Isaiah, 'Take your son Shear-jashub and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.
KJV Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
NKJV Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Jashub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field,

What does Isaiah 7:3 mean?

The invading armies are in Judah. The kings of Israel and Syria to the north have come to defeat Ahaz, Judah's king. In his place they want to put a puppet king (Isaiah 7:6). They don't want to have to fight Judah when the Assyrians arrive to attack their people (Isaiah 7:1). The Syrians and Israelites have already killed or captured tens of thousands of the people of Judah (2 Chronicles 28). They are making their way to Jerusalem to put the great city under siege. Their goal is to starve the city and its king into submission (Isaiah 7:2).

In this moment, the Lord tells Isaiah to talk to King Ahaz. He tells his prophet where to find the king, a place called "the Washer's Field." It is very likely the king was reviewing Jerusalem's water supply, which was located outside of the city. He would be seeing about securing it so the city would have water during a siege.

Scholars describe the source of this water supply as the Gihon Spring in a valley easy of Jerusalem. Water was brought from the spring through an aqueduct to a reservoir on the southwestern edge of the city. Washer's field was likely a place near the water where laundry was done.

The Lord tells Isaiah to bring his son to this meeting. His son's name is Shear-jashub, which means "a remnant will return." It's unclear if the Lord means for the name of Isaiah's son to suggest something to Ahaz. Isaiah may have named his son after the hope that Judah would have a future after God's judgment comes. That although this judgement would bring near total annihilation, there would still be some people left.
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