Mat 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Mat 1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
Mat 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Mat 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Mat 1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Mat 1:23 Behold,G2400 a virginG3933 shall be with child,G2192 G1722 G1064 andG2532 shall bring forthG5088 a son,G5207 andG2532 they shall callG2564 hisG846 nameG3686 Emmanuel,G1694 whichG3739 being interpretedG3177 is,G2076 GodG2316 withG3326 us.G2257
Isa 7:14 ThereforeH3651 the LordH136 himselfH1931 shall giveH5414 you a sign;H226 Behold,H2009 a virginH5959 shall conceive,H2029 and bearH3205 a son,H1121 and shall callH7121 his nameH8034 Immanuel.H6005
Isa 7:15 ButterH2529 and honeyH1706 shall he eat,H398 that he may knowH3045 to refuseH3988 the evil,H7451 and chooseH977 the good.H2896
Isa 7:16 ForH3588 beforeH2962 the childH5288 shall knowH3045 to refuseH3988 the evil,H7451 and chooseH977 the good,H2896 the landH127 thatH834 thouH859 abhorrestH6973 shall be forsakenH5800 of bothH8147 her kings.H4428
Mat 1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
Mat 1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
CONTEXT:
Isa 7:1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Isa 7:2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Isa 7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
Isa 7:4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Isa 7:5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Isa 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
Isa 7:7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Isa 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
Isa 7:9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
Isa 7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
Isa 7:11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Isa 7:12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Isa 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Isa 7:14 ThereforeH3651 the LordH136 himselfH1931 shall giveH5414 you a sign;H226 Behold,H2009 a virginH5959 shall conceive,H2029 and bearH3205 a son,H1121 and shall callH7121 his nameH8034 Immanuel.H6005
Isa 7:15 ButterH2529 and honeyH1706 shall he eat,H398 that he may knowH3045 to refuseH3988 the evil,H7451 and chooseH977 the good.H2896
Isa 7:16 ForH3588 beforeH2962 the childH5288 shall knowH3045 to refuseH3988 the evil,H7451 and chooseH977 the good,H2896 the landH127 thatH834 thouH859 abhorrestH6973 shall be forsakenH5800 of bothH8147 her kings.H4428
Isa 7:17 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.
Isa 7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Isa 7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Isa 7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Isa 7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
Isa 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Isa 7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Isa 7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isa 7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Isa 7:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Isa 7:19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Isa 7:20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Isa 7:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
Isa 7:22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Isa 7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Isa 7:24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isa 7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
In Isaiah, just what in the world is going on?
There are 3 kings that are mentioned here.
1. Ahaz, king of Judah. You need to know here that the kingdom of Israel was split in two after the death of king Solomon. There were 10 tribes that made of the northern kingdom of Israel and was also called Ephriam because of the largest of the 10 tribes. Judah continued to be ruled by the Davidic line as was promised by Hashem to David. Now, Ahaz was a wicked king but Hashem remembered His promise to David.
2. Pekah, was the king of Israel, or the northern 10 tribes.
3. Retsin, was the king of Aram or Syria.
The ruling dynasty over this whole area were the Assyrians. The Assyrians would later come and take the northern 10 tribes into captivity from which they never have yet returned.
Kings 2 and 3 have come down to Judah and have besieged Jerusalem because they wanted to revolt against Assyrian rule, Judah remained loyal. Ahaz and the rest of Judah were scared to death of their impending doom. So, because Hashem remains loyal to the covenant He made with David, (II Kings 7:12-16). He sends Isaiah with news that the kings gathered against Jerusalem will fail. Hashem told the wicked Ahaz to name a sign which the wicked king refused to do. So, Isaiah names the sign for him. This sign takes place in the lifetime of the king, not 700 plus years into the future. The goal here is to allow Ahaz to see the hand of Hashem at work instead of relying upon a gentile nation, the Assyrians, to come and save them. Ahaz, would not be alive to see the hand of Hashem at work if he had to wait for the Christian messiah to come 700 years later. We are able to see the confirmation of the prophecy being completed in II Kings 15:29-30 and also in II Kings 16: 5-9. So with this background let us dig a little more.
1. Where in the Isaiah Chapter is there any indication That this is a messianic passage?
G3933
παρθένος
parthenos
par-then'-os
Of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication an unmarried daughter: - virgin.
a. "A virgin".... In Matt. the Greek....G3933
παρθένος
parthenos
par-then'-os
Of unknown origin; a maiden; by implication an unmarried daughter: - virgin.
LXX related word(s)
H1330 betulah
H5288 naar
H5291 naarah
H5959 almah
Now, let us examine the original Hebrew from Isaiah and how it is also used in the rest of the Scriptures.
H5959
Total HOT Occurrences: 7
עלמה (4)
Gen_24:43, Exo_2:8, Pro_30:19, Isa_7:14
עלמות (3)
Psa_68:26, Son_1:3, Son_6:8
‛almâh
Total KJV Occurrences: 7
maid, 2
Exo_2:8, Pro_30:19
virgin, 2
Gen_24:43, Isa_7:14
virgins, 2
Son_1:3, Son_6:8
damsels, 1
Psa_68:25
H5959
עלמה
‛almâh
BDB Definition:
1) virgin, young woman
1a) of marriageable age
1b) maid or newly married
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5958
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1630b
Almah is not used the same way in all circumstances. Therefore it may not be declaring "a virgin".
In the Hebrew it is much better translated as a young maiden. And most often it does not mean a virgin at all. The better word in the Hebrew which actually means virgin is not used here. That word is betulah.
Better yet is the way in which the word Almah is used here in the Hebrew
Isa 7:14 לכן יתן אדני הוא לכם אות הנה העלמה הרה וילדת בן וקראת שׁמו עמנו אל׃
העלמה
In Hebrew (reading from right to left), the word alma begins with a Hay. This prefix is a definate article. In others words the Hebrew says "This young woman" or "the young woman you see here. The person being pointed out is someone who is known to both the prophet and the king. Mary was not known to either Isaiah or the king. So, Matthew tinkered with the quote and removed the definate article. I have learned that Hebrew does not have an indefinate article.
There is more to this to work through though, we have just begun. So come back next time where we will start where we have left off.
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