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Hephzibah or Hepzibah (English: / ˈ h ɛ f z ɪ b ə / or / ˈ h ɛ p z ɪ b ə /; Hebrew: חֶפְצִי־בָהּ, romanized: Ḥep̄ṣi-ḇāh, lit. 'my delight (is) in her') is a minor figure in the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible.
Isaiah: a commentary. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0-664-22143-0. Church, Brooke Peters (1953). The Private Lives of the Prophets and the Times in Which They Lived. New York: Rinehart. Cohon, Beryl D. (1939). The Prophets: Their Personalities and Teachings. New York: Scribner. Herbert, Arthur Sumner (1975).
In the King James Version of the Bible the text of Isaiah 7:14 reads: Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. The World English Bible translates the passage as: "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son.
The Book of Isaiah was assembled over several centuries, beginning in the 8th century BC. [3] Chapters 1-39 refer mostly to events of the 8th century, [3] but Isaiah 7:1-25 are the product of a 7th century Josianic redaction (i.e., an editing in the reign of King Josiah, c. 640–609 BC). [4]
Isaiah 7:14, where the prophet is assuring king Ahaz that God will save Judah from the invading armies of Israel and Syria, forms the basis for Matthew 1:23's doctrine of the virgin birth, [44] while Isaiah 40:3–5's image of the exiled Israel led by God and proceeding home to Jerusalem on a newly constructed road through the wilderness was ...
The timing is interesting as a new statue of the Virgin Mary was recently installed on the spot where the stolen statue formerly stood on the east side of the church at 800 Marquette Ave ...
The virgin birth of Jesus is the Christian and Islamic teaching that Jesus was conceived by his mother, Mary, through the power of the Holy Spirit and without sexual intercourse. [ 1 ] Christians regard the doctrine as an explanation of the combination of the human and divine natures of Jesus .
The mother of "Sandlot" star Marty York, a Northern California sheriff's deputy, was found dead in her home, and her boyfriend has been arrested, authorities said.