Isaiah 7
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Summary
Multiple enemies prepare for war against the kingdom of Judah. Isaiah prophecies that a virgin will conceive as a sign to the king.
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| (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: | (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, yea the son of Tibeal. |
| (14) Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. | (14) Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. |
| (15) Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. | (15) Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good. |
| (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. | (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 |
| (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. | (23) And it shall come to pass in that day: |
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Jason R. Combs, “From King Ahaz’s Sign to Christ Jesus: The ‘Fulfillment’ of Isaiah 7:14,” in Prophets & Prophecies of the Old Testament (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center / Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2017), 95–122.
Donald W. Parry and Janet L. Garrand Willis, “Notes on Vocabulary in Isaiah 2-11, 13-14, 29, 48-54,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 409–422.
David Rolph Seely, “Nephi’s Use of Isaiah 2-14 in 2 Nephi 12-30,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 151–169.
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