Isaiah replied, “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:

Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

“Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.”

For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.

who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’

Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake!

“I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,