Isaiah 7
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
| Book | Book of Isaiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 23 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Isaiah 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[3][4]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 25 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
This chapter can be grouped:
- Isaiah 7:1-9 = Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz
- Isaiah 7:10-25 = The Immanuel Prophecy
Verse 1
- Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it.[7]
Cross reference: 2 Kings 16:5; Matthew 1:9
Verse 14
Main article: Isaiah 7:14
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The last part of Isaiah 7:14 in Hebrew.
- Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.[8]
Verse 14 in Hebrew
Masoretic text (10th century) and Isaiah scroll (2nd century BC): (read from right to left)
- לָכֵן יִתֵּן אֲדֹנָי הוּא לָכֶם אוֹת הִנֵּה הָעַלְמָה הָרָה וְיֹלֶדֶת בֵּן וְקָרָאת שְׁמוֹ עִמָּנוּאֵל
Transliteration
- "lā·ḵên yitên ’ă·ḏō·nāy hū lā·ḵem o·wt: hinneh hā·‘al·māh hā·rāh wə·yō·le·ḏeṯ bên, wə·qā·rāṯ shem-o imanuel"
Cited in: Matthew 1:23
See also
- Ahaz, king of Judah
- Christian messianic prophecies
- Immanuel
- Jotham, king of Judah
- Jewish messianism
- Messianic prophecies of Jesus
- Pekah, king of Israel
- Pool of Bethesda
- Rezin, king of Aram
- Uzziah, king of Judah
- Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 16, 2 Kings 18, Isaiah 36, Matthew 1, John 5
Notes and references
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dead sea scrolls - Isaiah
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Toy (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Isaiah 7:1
- ↑ Isaiah 7:14
External links
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Christian
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