14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, (A)the [a]virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him [b](B)Immanuel.

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 As in LXX; MT young unmarried woman
  2. Isaiah 7:14 I.e., God is with us

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign:(A) The virgin[b](B) will conceive and give birth to a son,(C) and[c] will call him Immanuel.[d](D)

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
  3. Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
  4. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.

Then (A)it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,
It will (B)reach as far as the neck;
And the spread of its wings will [a]fill the expanse of [b]your land, (C)Immanuel.

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(D)Be broken, you peoples, and be [c](E)shattered;
And listen, all remote places of the earth.
[d]Get ready, yet be [e]shattered;
[f]Get ready, yet be [g]shattered.
10 (F)Devise a plan, but it will fail;
State a [h]proposal, but (G)it will not stand,
For [i](H)God is with us.”

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Lit be the fullness of
  2. Isaiah 8:8 Or Your
  3. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  4. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  5. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  6. Isaiah 8:9 Lit Belt up your waist
  7. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  8. Isaiah 8:10 Lit word
  9. Isaiah 8:10 Heb Immanu-el

and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(A)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(B) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(C)

Raise the war cry,[b](D) you nations, and be shattered!(E)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(F) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(G)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(H)
    for God is with us.[c](I)

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  3. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel