Isaiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Isaiah 7 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και εν ταις ημέραις του Άχαζ, υιού του Ιωάθαμ, υιού του Οζίου, βασιλέως του Ιούδα, Ρεσίν ο βασιλεύς της Συρίας, και Φεκά ο υιός του Ρεμαλία, βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ, ανέβησαν επί την Ιερουσαλήμ διά να πολεμήσωσιν αυτήν αλλά δεν ηδυνήθησαν να εκπολιορκήσωσιν αυτήν.
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 Και ανήγγειλαν προς τον οίκον Δαβίδ λέγοντες, Η Συρία συνεφώνησε μετά του Εφραΐμ. Και η καρδία του Άχαζ και η καρδία του λαού αυτού εκλονίσθη, ως τα δένδρα του δάσους κλονίζονται υπό του ανέμου.
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 Τότε είπεν ο Κύριος προς τον Ησαΐαν, Έξελθε τώρα εις συνάντησιν του Άχαζ, συ και Σεάρ-ιασούβ ο υιός σου, εις το άκρον του υδραγωγού της άνω κολυμβήθρας κατά την μεγάλην οδόν του αγρού του γναφέως
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 και ειπέ προς αυτόν, Πρόσεχε να μένης ήσυχος μη φοβηθής μηδέ μικροψυχήσης, διά τας δύο ουράς των καπνιζόντων τούτων δαυλών, διά τον άγριον θυμόν του Ρεσίν και της Συρίας, και του υιού του Ρεμαλία.
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 Επειδή η Συρία, ο Εφραΐμ και ο υιός του Ρεμαλία εβουλεύθησαν κακήν βουλήν εναντίον σου, λέγοντες,
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
6 Ας αναβώμεν εναντίον του Ιούδα και ας στενοχωρήσωμεν αυτόν, και ας διαμερισθώμεν αυτόν εις εαυτούς, και ας βάλωμεν βασιλέα εν μέσω αυτού, τον υιόν του Ταβεήλ·
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 ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός· Τούτο δεν θέλει σταθή ουδέ θέλει γείνει.
7 This is what the Lord Yahweh says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”
8 Διότι η κεφαλή της Συρίας είναι η Δαμασκός, και η κεφαλή της Δαμασκού ο Ρεσίν και εις εξήκοντα πέντε έτη ο Εφραΐμ θέλει συντριφθή, ώστε να μη ήναι λαός.
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 Και η κεφαλή του Εφραΐμ είναι η Σαμάρεια, και η κεφαλή της Σαμαρείας ο υιός του Ρεμαλία. Εάν δεν πιστεύητε, δεν θέλετε βεβαίως στερεωθή.
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 Και ελάλησεν έτι ο Κύριος προς τον Άχαζ, λέγων,
10 Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
11 Ζήτησον σημείον παρά Κυρίου του Θεού σου ζήτησον αυτό ή εις το βάθος ή εις το ύψος άνω.
11 “Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
12 Αλλ' ο Άχαζ είπε, δεν θέλω ζητήσει ουδέ θέλω πειράσει τον Κύριον.
12 But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt Yahweh.”
13 Και είπεν ο Ησαΐας, Ακούσατε τώρα, οίκος Δαβίδ μικρόν πράγμα είναι διά σας να βαρύνητε ανθρώπους, και θέλετε βαρύνει έτι και τον Θεόν μου;
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◆ Διά τούτο ο Κύριος αυτός θέλει σας δώσει σημείον ιδού, η παρθένος θέλει συλλάβει και γεννήσει υιόν, και θέλει καλεσθή το όνομα αυτού Εμμανουήλ.
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 Βούτυρον και μέλι θέλει φάγει, εωσού μάθη να απορρίπτη το κακόν και να εκλέγη το αγαθόν.
15 He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
16 Διότι πριν μάθη το παιδίον να απορρίπτη το κακόν και να εκλέγη το αγαθόν, η γη, την οποίαν αποστρέφεσαι, θέλει εγκαταλειφθή υπό των δύο βασιλέων αυτής.
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 Ο Κύριος θέλει φέρει επί σε, και επί τον λαόν σου, και επί τον οίκον του πατρός σου, ημέρας, αίτινες δεν ήλθον αφ' ης ημέρας εχωρίσθη από του Ιούδα ο Εφραΐμ, διά του βασιλέως της Ασσυρίας.
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 Και εν εκείνη τη ημέρα θέλει συρίξει ο Κύριος εις τας μυίας τας εν τοις εσχάτοις των ποταμών της Αιγύπτου, και εις τας μελίσσας τας εν τη γη της Ασσυρίας
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 και θέλουσιν ελθεί και αναπαυθή πάσαι επί τας ηρημωμένας κοιλάδας και εν ταις τρύπαις των βράχων και επί πάσαν βάτον και επί παν ώραίον δένδρον.
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 Εν τη αυτή ημέρα ο Κύριος θέλει ξυρίσει, με το ξυράφιον το μεμισθωμένον από του πέραν του ποταμού, μετά του βασιλέως της Ασσυρίας, την κεφαλήν και τας τρίχας των ποδών και τον πώγωνα έτι θέλει αφαιρέσει.
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 Και εν εκείνη τη ημέρα άνθρωπος τρέφων μίαν δάμαλιν και δύο πρόβατα,
21 It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep.
22 από της αφθονίας του γάλακτος, το οποίον θέλουσι δίδει, βούτυρον θέλει τρώγει διότι βούτυρον και μέλι θέλει τρώγει έκαστος, όστις υπελείφθη εν τω μέσω της γης.
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 Και εν εκείνη τη ημέρα πας τόπος, εν ω ήσαν χίλιαι άμπελοι χιλίων αργυρίων, θέλει είσθαι διά τριβόλους και ακάνθας.
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 Με βέλη και με τόξα θέλουσιν ελθεί εκεί· διότι πάσα η γη θέλει κατασταθή τρίβολοι και άκανθαι.
24 People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
25 Και παν όρος γεγεωργημένον με δίκελλαν, όπου δεν ήλθε φόβος τριβόλων και ακανθών, θέλει είσθαι διά να εξαποστέλλωνται εκεί βόες και διά να καταπατήται υπό προβάτων.
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
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
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)