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Isaiah 7 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Aconteció en los días de Acaz, hijo de Jotam, hijo de Uzías, rey de Judá, que Rezín, rey de Siria, y Peca, hijo de Remalías, rey de Israel, subieron a Jerusalén para combatirla, pero no pudieron conquistarla.
1 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
2 Llegó noticia a la casa de David: Siria se confederó con Efraín. Como se estremecen los árboles del bosque con el viento, se estremeció su corazón y el corazón del pueblo.
2 David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
3 Entonces Yavé dijo a Isaías: Sal ahora con tu hijo Sear-jasub a encontrarte con Acaz al extremo del canal del Estanque de Arriba, en el camino del Campo del Lavador, y dile:
3 Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller’s field.
4 Ten cuidado y calma. No temas, ni te acobardes ante esos dos tizones humeantes, ante el ardor de la ira de Rezín, de Siria y del hijo de Remalías.
4 Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
5 Pues aunque Siria trame tu ruina junto con Efraín, y el hijo de Remalías dijo:
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
6 Subamos contra Judá y aterroricémosla. Abramos una brecha en ella, y pongamos como rey al hijo de Tabeel.
6 “Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it among ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.”
7 ʼAdonay Yavé dice: No se cumplirá ni sucederá.
7 This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”
8 Porque Damasco es la capital de Siria, Rezín, el jefe de Damasco.
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people.
9 Samaria es la capital de Efraín, y el hijo de Remalías, jefe de Samaria. Dentro de 65 años, Efraín será quebrantado y dejará de ser pueblo. Si ustedes no creen, ciertamente no permanecerán.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”
10 Yavé volvió a hablar a Acaz:
10 Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
11 Pide una señal a Yavé tu ʼElohim, de lo profundo del Seol o de lo alto.
11 “Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
12 Pero Acaz respondió: ¡No pediré ni tentaré a Yavé!
12 But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt Yahweh.”
13 Entonces Isaías dijo: Escucha ahora, casa de David: ¿Les es poco el ser molestos a los hombres, para que también lo sean a mi ʼElohim?
13 He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
14◆ Por tanto, ʼAdonay mismo les dará la señal: Ciertamente la virgen concebirá y dará a luz un Hijo, y llamará su Nombre Emanuel.
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
15 Comerá leche cuajada y miel hasta que sepa rechazar lo malo y escoger lo bueno.
15 He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
16 Porque antes que el niño sepa rechazar lo malo y escoger lo bueno, la tierra será abandonada por los dos reyes a quienes tú temes.
16 For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
17 Yavé traerá sobre ti, sobre tu pueblo y sobre la casa de tu padre días como nunca vinieron desde cuando Efraín se separó de Judá, esto es, al rey de Asiria.
17 Yahweh will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
18 Aquel día Yavé silbará al tábano que está en el confín de los ríos de Egipto y a la abeja que está en la tierra de Asiria,
18 It will happen in that day that Yahweh will whistle 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.
19 y vendrán. Todos ellos se posarán sobre las quebradas escarpadas en las hendiduras de las peñas, en todo matorral espinoso y en todas las corrientes de agua.
19 They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.
20 Aquel día ʼAdonay rasurará la cabeza y el pelo de las piernas con una navaja alquilada de los que viven al otro lado del río, esto es, con el rey de Asiria. También quitará la barba.
20 In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
21 Acontecerá en aquel tiempo que un hombre criará una vaca y dos ovejas.
21 It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep.
22 Por la abundancia de leche comerá leche cuajada, porque todo el que quede en la tierra comerá cuajada y miel.
22 It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.
23 Aquel día, en un terreno donde había 1.000 vides, que en otro tiempo valían 11 kilogramos de plata, habrá zarzas y espinos.
23 It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, will be for briers and thorns.
24 Tendrán que entrar en él con flechas y arco, porque toda la tierra estará llena de espinos y cardos.
24 People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
25 En ninguna de las praderas que hoy se labran con la azada se podrá entrar por temor a las zarzas y a los espinos. Serán pasto de ganado vacuno para ser pisoteadas por el ganado.
25 All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for sheep to tread on.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Ahaz
A faithless king who courted Assyria and even sacrificed his own son.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 16; 2 Chron. 28; Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:9
Shear-jashub
Isaiah's son whom the LORD told him to bring to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct.
Cited in the guide: Isaiah 7:3
Tabeal
Named only as the father of a man Aram and Ephraim planned to install as king over Judah.
Cited in the guide: Isaiah 7:6
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:1; Isaiah 7:4–9; Isaiah 8:6; Psalm 83:3–5
- 2 Isaiah 8:12; Isaiah 7:13; Isaiah 9:9; Proverbs 28:1; 2 Kings 7:6–7
- 3 2 Kings 18:17; Isaiah 36:2; Romans 9:27; Isaiah 6:13; Isaiah 10:21
- 4 Isaiah 35:4; Lamentations 3:26; Deuteronomy 20:3; Matthew 24:6; Isaiah 30:15
- 5 Psalm 83:3–4; Zechariah 1:15; Psalm 2:2; Nahum 1:11
- 7 Isaiah 8:10; Lamentations 3:37; Isaiah 46:10–11; Psalm 33:11; Proverbs 21:30
- 8 Isaiah 17:1–3; Genesis 14:15; 2 Samuel 8:6; Hosea 1:6–10; 2 Kings 17:5–23
- 9 Hebrews 11:6; Romans 11:20; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 1 John 5:10; Acts 27:25
- 10 Isaiah 8:5; Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 10:20; Hosea 13:2; Isaiah 1:13
- 11 Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 38:7–8; 2 Kings 19:29; Judges 6:36–40; Isaiah 38:22
- 12 2 Kings 16:15; Acts 5:9; Ezekiel 33:31; Malachi 3:15; Deuteronomy 6:16
- 13 Isaiah 43:24; Malachi 2:17; Hebrews 3:10; Jeremiah 6:11; Isaiah 63:10
- 14 Matthew 1:23; Isaiah 9:6; Luke 1:31; John 1:1–2; John 1:14
- 15 Isaiah 7:22; Amos 5:15; Philippians 1:9–10; Matthew 3:4; Romans 12:9
- 16 Isaiah 8:4; Deuteronomy 1:39; 2 Kings 16:9; Hosea 5:9; Amos 1:3–5
- 17 Isaiah 8:7–8; Isaiah 10:5–6; Isaiah 36:1–22; 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 32:1–33
- 18 Isaiah 5:26; Deuteronomy 1:44; Isaiah 31:1; Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:12
- 19 Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 16:16; Isaiah 2:21; Micah 7:17; 2 Chronicles 33:11
- 20 Isaiah 8:7; Ezekiel 29:18; Ezekiel 5:1–4; Isaiah 10:15; Jeremiah 27:6–7
- 21 Isaiah 5:17; Jeremiah 39:10; Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 7:25
- 22 Isaiah 7:15; Matthew 3:4; 2 Samuel 17:29
- 23 Isaiah 5:6; Song of Songs 8:11–12; Matthew 21:33; Hebrews 6:8; Jeremiah 4:26
- 24 Genesis 27:3
- 25 Isaiah 13:20–22; Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 5:17; Isaiah 7:21–22; Zephaniah 2:6
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Isaiah 7:14: “a virgin” or “the young woman”?
The Hebrew text of Isaiah 7:14 says ha-almah, “the young woman.” The Greek Septuagint, translated by Jews before the time of Christ, says hē parthenos, “the virgin,” and St Matthew quotes that Greek wording (Matthew 1:23). The Orthodox Church reads the Septuagint here, as the Apostles did. The faith in the virgin birth does not rest on one Hebrew word, but the word still deserves an honest look.
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And hear again how Isaiah in express words foretold that He should be born of a virgin; for he spoke thus: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bring forth a son, and they shall say for His name, God with us.' " For things which were incredible and seemed impossible with men, these God predicted by the Spirit of prophecy …
5. And when He says, "Hear, O house of David," He performed the part of one indicating that He whom God promised David that He would raise up from the fruit of his belly (ventris) an eternal King, is the same who was born of the Virgin, herself of the lineage of David.
For so had the prophet foretold: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us." He did many miracles that He might commend God in Himself, some of which, even as many as seemed sufficient to proclaim Him, are contained in the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For he doth not merely say, "Behold, the Virgin shall be with child," but having first said, "Behold, the Lord Himself shall give you a sign," then he subjoins, "Behold, the Virgin shall be with child." Whereas, if she that was to give birth was not a virgin, but this happened in the way of marriage, what sort of sign …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
the virgin shall conceive in her womb, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)