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Isaiah 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah , and is one of the Books of the Prophets .
The woman's "male child" is a reference to Jesus (Revelation 12:5), since he is destined to "rule all nations with a rod of iron" (Revelation 12:5). The dragon trying to devour the woman's child at the moment of his birth (Revelation 12:4) is a reference to Herod the Great 's attempt to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:16).
The term Virgin of the Sign or Our Lady of the Sign is a reference to the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel". Such an image is often placed in the apse of the sanctuary of an Orthodox church above the Holy Table (altar). [2]
Joanna Joanna is the wife of the household manager Chuza, a woman who works in King Herod Antipas's court in Machaerus, and one of the women helping Jesus's ministry. Herodias (Shereen Khan) Queen Herodias is the wife of King Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome. She has been formerly married to King Herod Antipas's brother, Philip.
According to 1 Enoch 7.2, the Watchers become "enamoured" with human women [14] and have intercourse with them. The offspring of these unions, and the knowledge they were giving, corrupt human beings and the earth (1 Enoch 10.11–12). [14] Eminent among these angels are Samyaza and Azazel.
Woman's Day/Getty Images Jeremiah 29:11 “I know I have the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.”
Alleged "Mary's well" in Nazareth, 1917. In Matthew 2:23, the return to Nazareth is said to be a fulfilment of the prophetic word, "He shall be called a Nazarene".It is not clear which Old Testament verse Matthew might have had in mind; many commentators suggest it is Isaiah 11:1, where it says "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit" (): the ...
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