Bible Commentaries
Isaiah 7

Verse 14

cf, Isaiah 9:7

Isaiah’s second prophecy (Isa 7:13–16): Many believe these verses predict the births of two babies, one to be born supernaturally in the distant future, the other to be born naturally in the immediate future.

1. The first baby (Isaiah 7:13-14): This will be the Messiah, born centuries later to the Virgin Mary.

2. The second baby (Isaiah 7:15-16): This will be Maher-shalal-hash-baz, born less than a year later to Isaiah and his wife. Ahaz is told that even before this baby is weaned, the enemy kings of both the northern kingdom and Aram will be dead. - Outline Bible

Re: For an example of double fulfillment or actually the use of Typology or "type" and the realization of the type"., consider, "out of Egypt I called my son." Hosea 11:1; and Matthew 2:15. - WG

[See 14 TYP sermons in Gann’s sermon’s database for examples of some other OT "types" finding realization, fulfilment, or actuality, in Christ in the NT.]

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the virgin -- The Hebrew term here, almah, indicates a young woman of marriageable age. In the ancient world, a young unmarried woman who had reached puberty could reasonably be assumed to be a virgin because of the close social and familial restrictions on her activities. _ FSB

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sign. -- Since Ahaz refused to choose a sign (vv. 11, 12), the Lord chose His own sign, whose implementation would occur far beyond Ahaz’s lifetime.

the virgin. This prophecy reached forward to the virgin birth of the Messiah, as the NT notes (Matthew 1:23). The Heb. word refers to an unmarried woman and means “virgin” (Genesis 24:43; Proverbs 30:19; Song of Solomon 1:3; Song of Solomon 6:8), so the birth of Isaiah’s own son (Isaiah 8:3) could not have fully satisified the prophecy. Cf. Gen. 3:15. -

Immanuel. -- The title, applied to Jesus in Matthew 1:23, means “God with us.” - MSB

God with us -- Means “God with us.” The three symbolic names of these children point to the three phases of God’s future work: imminent judgment, coming restoration, and future redemption (compare Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 8:1). - FSB