Isaiah s message to king ahaz biography

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Did You Miss Something in the Isaiah 7:14 Prophecy?

Have you ever thought you were so familiar with something, only to find out later you’d been overlooking some important details? This happens to me with songs, books, and movies. inom hear, read, or see them so many times, only to be amazed when, out of the blue, I notice something in them I didn’t see before. Sometimes this happens to us with familiar Bible passages too.

Here’s the familiar: Jesus was born of a virgin, and Isaiah 7:14 prophesied about it. Nothing shocking yet. But let’s look at the details surrounding Isaiah’s statement about the virgin birth.

King Ahaz of Judah was having a bad day. Ephraim and Syria were attacking Jerusalem and trying to overthrow the king. So, God sends Isaiah to King Ahaz to tell him these attackers won’t be successful but will be destroyed. Then God tells Ahaz to ask for a sign, but Ahaz refuses. God gives him one anyway. Here it is: “Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and

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Is the sign to Ahaz In Isaiah 7 about Jesus or someone else?

Bible Question:

I am reading Isaiah chapters 7 and 8. I am intrigued with Isaiah 7:14-17 in light of 8:6-10. In the 7:14 passage, it seems unmistakably to be a reference to Jesus, born of the virgin. But verses 15-16 seem to call that into question. Also, the passage in chapter 8 seems to equate Immanuel with the nation of Israel. Although the sign given to Ahaz by the Lord is described in chapter 7, a virgin birth would not seem very relevant to Ahaz, while the defeat of nations by Israel (Immanuel) would be significant for Ahaz. The intriguing part for me is the injection of the last half of Isaiah 7:14 predicting the virgin birth into the rest of Isaiah's prophesy. It fryst vatten like the virgin birth fryst vatten dropped into this passage from out of nowhere. It cautions me to look for other out-of-nowhere passages like this that may have end-time significance. What are your thoughts?

Bible Answer:

Isaiah 7:10-12 states that the Lo

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Isaiah 7:14

Verse in the seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah

Isaiah 7:14 is a verse in the seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah in which the prophet Isaiah, addressing king Ahazof Judah, promises that God will destroy the king's enemies before a child born to an almah is weaned. The Hebrew word עַלְמָה‎ (‘almāh) refers to a "young woman of childbearing age", but it was translated in the Koine GreekSeptuagint as παρθένος (parthenos), meaning virgin, and was subsequently picked up by the gospel Matthew as a messianic prophecy of the Virgin birth of Jesus. Most English translations of the Bible use "virgin" with some exceptions, such as in the Revised Standard Version where "young woman" is used; as such, Isaiah 7:14 continues to be one of the most controversial Bible verses.

Isaiah's prophesy to Ahaz

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Context: Isaiah 7:1-25

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The Book of Isaiah was assembled over several centuries, beginning in the 8th century BC. Chapters 1-39 refer mostly to even