Isa 7:14 | TNotes | STEP | 7:14 This prophecy received its ultimate fulfillment in the birth of Jesus Christ (Matt 1:18-24 ). Yet it is likely that it also had a partial fulfillment in Isaiah’s day, either with the birth of godly king Hezekiah, Ahaz’s son, or with the birth of one of Isaiah’s children. The similar sequence of the verbs in Isa 7:14 and 8:3 ( conceive ... give birth ... call ) and the link between Immanuel and Maher-shalal-hash-baz in 8:5-10 suggest that Immanuel and Maher-shalal-hash-baz were the same person. • The name Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’) symbolized God’s presence and protection. God was with Judah during the attack by the alliance of Syria and Israel (734 BC ), in the Assyrian crisis (701 BC ), and throughout their prolonged existence until their fall in 586 BC . The kingdom of Israel fell during the time of Isaiah (722 BC ). The assurance “I am with you” remained significant even in the exilic and postexilic periods (41:10 ; 43:2 , 5 ). The greatest assurance ultimately came in Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God (Matt 1:23 ; see also Rev 12:5 ).

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‏ Isaiah 7:14

7:14 ^a This prophecy received its ultimate fulfillment in the birth of Jesus Christ (Matt 1:18-24 ^b). Yet it is likely that it also had a partial fulfillment in Isaiah’s day, either with the birth of godly king Hezekiah, Ahaz’s son, or with the birth of one of Isaiah’s children. The similar sequence of the verbs in Isa 7:14 ^c and 8:3 ^d (conceive ... give birth ... call) and the link between Immanuel and Maher-shalal-hash-baz in 8:5-10 ^e suggest that Immanuel and Maher-shalal-hash-baz were the same person.

• The name Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’) symbolized God’s presence and protection. God was with Judah during the attack by the alliance of Syria and Israel (734 BC), in the Assyrian crisis (701 BC), and throughout their prolonged existence until their fall in 586 BC. The kingdom of Israel fell during the time of Isaiah (722 BC). The assurance “I am with you” remained significant even in the exilic and postexilic periods (41:10 ^f; 43:2 ^g, 5 ^h). The greatest assurance ultimately came in Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God (Matt 1:23 ⁱ; see also Rev 12:5 ^j).