The Immanuel Prophecy

10 Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 (A)“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; [a]ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”

12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”

13 Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: (B)Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear (C)a Son, and shall call His name (D)Immanuel.[b] 15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16 (E)For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by (F)both her kings.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:11 Lit. make the request deep or make it high above
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Lit. God-With-Us

10 And Yahweh continued to speak to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask for a sign for yourself from Yahweh God; make it deep as Sheol or make it high as above.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put Yahweh to the test.”

13 Then he said, “Hear, house of David! Is it too little for you to make men weary, that you should also make my God weary? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign. Look! the virgin[b] is with child and she is about to give birth to a son, and she shall call his name ‘God with us.’ 15 He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject the evil and to choose the good. 16 For before the boy knows to reject the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Or “young woman”
  3. Isaiah 7:16 Literally “the land which you dread will be abandoned because of the face of her two kings”