Isaiah 7

Isaiah 7:1-25

CHAPTER 7 The Prophet before King Ahaz

1. The king in trouble (Isaiah 7:1-2) 2. Isaiah sent and his message (Isaiah 7:3-9) 3. A sign offered and refused (Isaiah 7:10-12) 4. The sign: The virgin birth (Isaiah 7:13-16) 5. The advent of the Assyrian (Isaiah 7:17-25)Study carefully the historic setting of this chapter and2 Chronicles 28:1-277.

See lecture on “ Messianic Predictions.” In verse 14 the virgin birth of Christ is announced. Much of the controversy is around the word “ virgin” (almah), which the critics declare does not mean a virgin but a young married woman. However, they err. In Genesis 24:43, Exodus 2:8, Psalms 68:25, Son 1:3, etc., the same word is used, and it means “ virgin” in these and other passages. The Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Old Testament made some 300 years B.C., translates the Hebrew “ almah” with “ pardenos,” the Greek for virgin.Matthew 1:23 confirms this Messianic prediction.