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14 Therefore, you will be given this sign
    by the Lord himself:
The virgin will be with child,
    and she will give birth to a son,
    and she will name him Immanuel.
15 He will feed on curds and honey
    by the time he learns to reject the bad
    and choose the good.
16 Before that child has learned
    to reject the bad and choose the good,
deserted will be the lands
    of those two kings whom you dread.

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14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign:(A) The virgin[b](B) will conceive and give birth to a son,(C) and[c] will call him Immanuel.[d](D) 15 He will be eating curds(E) and honey(F) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows(G) enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,(H) the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
  3. Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
  4. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.