But humans are born for trouble(A)
as surely as sparks fly upward.

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Yet man is born to trouble(A)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

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25 Let your father and mother have joy,(A)
and let her who gave birth to you rejoice.

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25 May your father and mother rejoice;
    may she who gave you birth be joyful!(A)

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14 Therefore, the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign: See, the virgin will conceive,[b] have a son, and name him Immanuel.[c](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:14 In Hb, the word you is pl
  2. 7:14 Or virgin is pregnant, will
  3. 7:14 = God 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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Footnotes

  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.