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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 7 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; 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<span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, do not fear and be weak-hearted because of these two stumps of smoldering logs, on account of the fierce anger of [King] Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah (Pekah, usurper of the throne of Israel). <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Because Aram, <i>along with</i> Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it; and let us breach its wall <i>and</i> tear it apart [each of us taking a portion] and set up the son of Tabeel over it as its [puppet] king,” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for this is what the Lord GOD says, “It shall not stand nor shall it happen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the head (capital) of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin (now within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces and will no longer be a people). <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the head (capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son [King Pekah]. If you will not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>believe [and trust in God and His message], be assured that you will not be established.”’” <p class="hdg">The Child Immanuel</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the LORD spoke again to [King] Ahaz, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; make your request as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But Ahaz said, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Isaiah said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too small a thing for you to try the patience of men, but will you try the patience of my God as well? <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Listen carefully, the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will call his name Immanuel (God with us). <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He will eat curds and honey when he knows <i>enough</i> to refuse evil and choose good. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For before the child will know <i>enough</i> to refuse evil and choose good, the land (Canaan) whose two kings you dread will be deserted [both Ephraim and Aram]. <p class="hdg">Trials to Come for Judah</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim (the ten northern tribes) separated from Judah--[He will call for] the king of Assyria.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>mouth of the rivers <i>and</i> canals of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>These [armies, like flies and bees] will all come and settle on the steep <i>and</i> rugged ravines and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thorn bushes and in all the watering places. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In that day [when foreign armies swarm the land] the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from the regions beyond the Euphrates (<i>that is,</i> with the king of Assyria), [that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard [leaving Judah stripped, shamed and scorned]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now in that day [because of the poverty caused by the invaders] a man will keep alive only a young milk cow and two sheep; <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and because of the abundance of milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left in the land will eat [only] curds and [wild] honey. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And it will come to pass in that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines, <i>worth</i> a thousand silver <i>shekels,</i> there will be briars and thorns. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>People will come there [to hunt] with arrows and with bows because all the land will be briars and thorns. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the pick <i>and</i> the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place where oxen are pastured and where sheep tread.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> The people of the kingdom of Aram were descended from Aram, the youngest son of Shem, the son of Noah (Gen 10:22, 23). The territory of the Arameans also included the areas later identified as Syria and Mesopotamia.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> A prophetic name meaning <i>a remnant shall return</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> A field where freshly washed clothes were spread out to bleach and dry in the sun.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> The same Hebrew word is used both for <i>believe</i> and <i>be established</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> This was a misplaced sense of faithfulness on Ahaz’s part. It is wise not to ask God for a sign, unless He offers one as He did to Ahaz.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> This prophecy of the <i>virgin</i> is declared in Matt 1:22, 23 to be fulfilled in the birth of Jesus. There has been a great deal of discussion over the Hebrew word found here for <i>virgin</i> (<i>almah)</i> and the word that Matthew uses (<i>parthenos)</i>. The latter refers unambiguously to a virgin, while the former (<i>almah)</i> has been said to refer to a young woman, in contrast to the Hebrew word <i>bethulah</i>, which is the equivalent of the Gr <i>parthenos</i>. It has also been noted that the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew OT, has <i>parthenos</i> here for <i>almah,</i> and that Matt 1:23 is taken from the Septuagint. Some have wondered why the Septuagint translators used the more specific word <i>parthenos</i>. It is fair to say that this question is the result of oversimplifying the vocabulary and misinterpreting the distinctions. The Hebrew words <i>almah</i> and <i>bethulah</i> can actually refer to the same kind of woman; <i>almah</i> is a youthful woman of marriageable age, one who has not yet had her first child, while <i>bethulah</i> is one who has not been touched in an intimate way. Furthermore, in the present context it would be unthinkable to infer that the woman might have had sexual relations outside of marriage. So the well-known translation of “young woman” for <i>almah,</i> while technically not incorrect, can be viewed as too ambiguous for the Hebrew word and the context. <i>Parthenos</i> was an appropriate choice in the Greek. Another word, <i>kore</i> (for “girl”) could have been used, but it has a wider range of meaning than the Heb <i>almah</i> (Mark uses a related word, <i>korasion,</i> to translate Jesus’ Aramaic word <i>talitha)</i>. It should also be acknowledged from a theological perspective that when Matthew cites the verse with <i>parthenos,</i> he thereby authenticates it as inspired.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>end</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>