Isaiah 7:14
What is written? (ESV)
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
What does it say?
Therefore, God will give you a sign: the virgin will give birth to a son and call him Immanuel.
What is its immediate context?
God (through Isaiah) gives King Ahaz a sign amid the threat from Syria and Israel (vss 1-17), but this verse, in particular, is also interpreted by the inspired writer Matthew to apply to Jesus, son of Mary (Matthew 1:21-23).
How Isaiah 7:14 is applied across Bible answers
Top 5: Dual fulfillment in prophecy?
Isaiah is speaking to King Ahaz in a much broader context about his son.
About 700 years later, these two sentences are applied directly to Jesus' birth. (Matthew 1:23)
What was God’s plan for a savior?
With now more specificity of the promise made in the Garden of Eden,1 God, through Isaiah, reveals the savior would be born of a virgin and called "Immanuel" (God with us).
