Isaiah 7:10-17
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- Chapter XVIII, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.)
- Chapter XXXIII, The First Apology of Justin Martyr. (c 150)
- Chapter XLIII, Chapter LXVI, Chapter LXXXIV, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- III.XIX.2, 3, III.XXI, IV.XXXIII.11, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter IX, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- III.12, III.13, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 209)
- IV.10, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter II, Chapter XVII, Chapter XXI, Chapter XXIII, On the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter XX, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- II.VI.4, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- V.III, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- I.XXXIV, I.XXXV, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- Epistle VIII -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
- V.8, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).
- Part 33, On the Incarnation of the Word, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Forasmuch as you are unworthy, the Lord for his own promise sake will give a sign which will be that Christ the Saviour of his Church and the effect of all signs and miracles will be revealed."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "This promised birth supposed the preservation of that city, and nation and tribe, in and of which the Messiah was to be born; and therefore there was no cause to fear that ruin which their enemies now threatened."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Isaiah 7:10-16, Barbara Lundblad, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "This is a very challenging chapter to interpret, much less to preach, in part because it requires that one be familiar with a number of related texts (Isaiah 7:1-9; 8:1-8; 2 Kings 16)."
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2016.
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
- Commentary, Isaiah 7:10-16 | Brent Neely | Pastor, Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene | A Plain Account, 2016.
- "The lection for this week reminds us this week that God indeed is with us. Even in this day and age when fear runs amuck, we have no need to fear for a small child has proven to us that God is with us and that God is faithful to his promises.
- Commentary,
Isaiah 7:10-16, Barbara Lundblad, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "God's sign of a child surprised a king and an unwed father named Joseph. This sign matters in a world that continues to worship a vengeful God who can crush our enemies."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2013.
- "The Young Woman Bears a Son -- Again," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2013.
- "The Christmas story is not about a virgin birth; it is about a birth that demonstrates again that God is with us."
- "Trusting in God," Betsy Schwarzentraub, Upper Room Books, 2013.
- "Argument with the Offspring," Isaiah 7, David J.M. Coleman, 2013. (video)
- "God With Us," Faith Element, 2013.
-
Commentary,
Isaiah 7:10-16, Fred Gaiser, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2007.
- "The difficulty of today's text is perhaps also its genius: God is with us-and the consequences are altogether ambiguous. Properly understood, is that not the ambiguity of Advent itself? God is coming: Rejoice! Or, God is coming: Beware!"
- Isaiah 7:10-16, Advent 4A, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Isaiah 7:10-16, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- "God with us," Todd Weir, bloomingcactus, 2010.
- "It is fascinating to me what has happened with this passage over time."
- The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "Reading Matthew 1 in light of Isa. 7:10-17 with all its ambiguity, casts the story of the baby Jesus into a different light. Is God with us in Jesus for salvation or judgment or both?"
-
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia.
- "One aspect of this text tells us very clearly that an action at one time in history is not necessarily the answer in every other time in history."
- "The Hope of the Birth," John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2010.
- "Whenever we rush to attach ourselves to another protector out of fear that we will lose what we so desperately wish to retain -- our way of life, our nation state, our individual safety -- our hopes in these intermittent protectors are forever destined to be dashed. The hope of the birth at Christmas is that God is with us in the midst of our greatest fears. "
-
"The Sign of Emmanuel," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "God works great miracles in ways unspectacular and unexpected. All we need do is open our eyes to the possibilities."
- Isaiah 7:10-14, Annunciation, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Isaiah 7:10-15, Saint Mary the Virgin, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Commentary,
Isaiah 7:10-16, Barbara Lundblad, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Carter, Warren,
"Evoking Isaiah: Matthean Soteriology and an Intertextual Reading of Isaiah
7-9 and Matthew 1:23 and 4:15-16," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Creager, Harold L., "The Immanuel
Passage as Messianic Prophecy," Lutheran Quarterly, 1955.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Davies, Andrew, "Oratorio as
Exegesis: The Use of the Book of Isaiah in Handel's Messiah,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Feinberg, Charles Lee, "The Virgin
Birth in the Old Testament and isaiah 7:14," Bibliotheca Sacra,
1962.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gottwald, Norman K., "Immanuel as the
Prophet's Son," Vetus Testamentum, 1958.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jacobson, Karl N, Rolf Jacobson, "The One Who Will Be
Born: Preaching Isaiah's Promises in a Harry Potter Culture," Word &
World, 2007. (Section begins on page 434)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jensen, Joseph, O.S.B., "The Age of
Immanuel," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1979.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Klein, Ralph W., "Isaiah for Advent,"
Currents in Theology and Mission, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lattey, Cuthbert,
"The Emmanuel Prophecy: Isaias 7:14," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1946.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lattey, Cuthbert,
"The Term ALMAH in Isaiah 7:14," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1947.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lattey, Cuthbert,
"Various Interpretations of Isaiah 7:14," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1947.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - McKane, William, "The Interpretation of Isaiah
7:14-25," Vetus Testamentum, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mendenhall, Laura S.,
"Adoption," sermon, Journal for Preachers, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Menken, Maarten J.J., "The Textual Form of the
Quotation from Isaiah 7:14 in Matthew 1:23," Novum Testamentum,
2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Moody, Dale,
"Isaiah 7:14 in the Revised Standard Version," Review and Expositor,
1953.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Moriarty, Frederick L., S.J., "The
Emmanuel Prophecies," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1957.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Myers, Albert E., "The Use of
ALMAH in the Old Testament," Lutheran Quarterly, 1955.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Niessen, Richard,
"The Virginity of the 'ALMAH in Isaiah 7:14," Bibliotheca
Sacra, 1980.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Oswalt, John N., "The Significance of
the 'ALMAH Prophecy in the Context of Isaiah 7-12," Criswell
Theological Review, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Porúbčan, ?tefan, S.J.,
"The Word 'ÔT in Isaia 7.14," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1960.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Reymond, Robert L., Who Is the ALMH of Isaiah
7:14?" Presbyterion, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rice, Gene, "The Interpretation of Isaiah 7:15-17,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1977.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Richter, Kimberly Clayton, "The Advent Texts:
Glorious Visions, Dogged Discipleship," Journal for Preachers,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sanneh, Lamin, "Dreams and Letting God Be God,"
The Christian Century, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Scullion, John J., S.J., An Approach to the
Understanding of Isaiah 7:10-17," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1968.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Vasholz, Robert I., "Isaiah and Ahaz: A Brief History
of Crisis in Isaiah 7 and 8," Presbyterion, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Walton, John H., "Isaiah 7:14 What's
In a Name?" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wardlaw, Theodore J., "Preaching the Advent Texts,"
Journal for Preachers, 2007. (Section begins on page 7.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wolf, Herbert M.,
"A Solution to the Immanuel Prophecy in Isaiah 7:14-8:22," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1972.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wong, Gordon C.I., "Faith in the Present form of
Isaiah 7:1-17," Vetus Testamentum, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yoder, Christine Roy,
"Hope that Walks: An Interpretation of Isaiah for Advent Preachers,"
Journal for Preachers, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Carter, Warren,
"Evoking Isaiah: Matthean Soteriology and an Intertextual Reading of Isaiah
7-9 and Matthew 1:23 and 4:15-16," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2000.
- Sermons:
- Reviews:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Advent 4A, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013. 2010.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," December 22, 2013, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Isaiah 7:10-16 and Waiting for Noel by Ann Dixon, Romans 1:1-7 and First Year Letters by Julie Dannenberg, Matthew 1:18-25 and The New Baby by Mercer Mayer. 2010.
- Isaiah 7:15, memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and Resources for Bible Stories.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Isaiah 7:14, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Isaiah 7:14. The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah
