¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you^c a sign:^g The virgin^d^h will conceive and give birth to a son,ⁱ and^e will call him Immanuel.^f^j ¹⁵He will be eating curds^k and honey^l when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, ¹⁶for before the boy knows^m enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,ⁿ the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.^o ¹⁷The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away^p from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.^q”

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Isaiah 7:14: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Footnotes

cThe Hebrew is plural.
dOr young woman
eMasoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
fImmanuel means God with us.

Cross references

gSee Ex 3:12; See Lk 2:12
hSee Ge 24:43
iSee Ge 3:15; Lk 1:31
jSee Ge 21:22; Isa 8:8, 10; Mt 1:23*
kSee Ge 18:8
lver 22
m Isa 8:4
n Dt 1:39
oSee Dt 13:16; Isa 17:3; Jer 7:15; Hos 5:9, 13; Am 1:3–5
p 1 Ki 12:16
qSee ver 20; See 2 Ch 28:20

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted. The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father’s house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel. By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating curds and honey. For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned. The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s house such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah: He will bring the king of Assyria.”

NLTNew Living Translation

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey. For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.

“Then the Lord will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look! the virgin is with child and she is about to give birth to a son, and she shall call his name ‘God with us.’ He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject the evil and to choose the good. For before the boy knows to reject the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.

“Yahweh will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your ancestor days that have not come since the day Ephraim departed from Judah: the king of Assyria.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,

And shall call his name Immanuel.

Butter and honey shall he eat,

That he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good,

The land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

The Lord shall bring upon thee,

And upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house,

Days that have not come,

From the day that Ephraim departed from Judah;

Even the king of Assyria.

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