The Land (Ours?) Forsaken

Isaiah 7:15-17 Isaiah 7:15-17 These verses have been interpreted and understood of a person different from Immanuel of v. 14, of one naturally born in the days of Isaiah. Some of the rabbis supposed the child to be Hezekiah, others that he was a son of Ahaz, and still others imagined that a pregnant woman was present at the time Isaiah was speaking and that he pointed to her in illustration of his prediction. Others, yet, said this was a son of Isaiah's. These are assumptions without...