Editing Immanuel (section)

===Summary===
The setting is the [[Syro-Ephraimite War]], 735-734 BCE, which saw the [[Kingdom of Judah]] pitted against two northern neighbors, the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Israel]] (called Ephraim in the prophecy) and Syria (also known as [[Aram Damascus|Aram]] or Aram-Damascus or Syria-Damascus). {{bibleverse|Isaiah|7:1–2|KJV}} tells how the kings of Ephraim and Syria attack Jerusalem when [[Ahaz]] refuses to join them in their anti-Assyrian alliance. Ahaz wishes to ask Assyria for help, but Isaiah, at God's command, takes his son [[Shear-jashub]] (a symbolic name meaning "a remnant shall return") and assures Ahaz that the two enemy kings will not succeed ({{bibleverse|Isaiah|7:3–9|KJV}}). Isaiah tells Ahaz of the apparent sign by which he will know that this is a true prophecy: a young woman will give birth to a child whom she will name Immanuel (another symbolic name, meaning "God with us"), and the lands of the "two kings you dread" will be laid waste before the child is old enough to "reject the wrong and choose the right" ({{bibleverse|Isaiah|7:13–16|KJV}}).

{{bibleverse|Isaiah|7:17|KJV}} follows with a further prophecy that at some unspecified future date God will call up [[Assyria]] against Judah: "The Lord will cause to come upon you and your people and your ancestral house such days as have not been seen since Ephraim broke away from Judah—the king of Assyria" (verse {{bibleverse-nb|Isaiah|7:17|KJV}}). Verses {{bibleverse-nb|Isaiah|7:18–25|KJV}} describe the desolation that will result: "In that day a man will save alive a young cow and two sheep…in that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines…will be turned over to thorns and briars" (verses {{bibleverse-nb|Isaiah|7:21–23|KJV}}).{{sfn|Childs|1996|p=61}} {{bibleverse|Isaiah|8:1–15|KJV}} continues the previous chapter: the prophet tells of the birth of another child, his own son named [[Maher-shalal-hash-baz]] (a third symbolic name), then predicts that after Ephraim and Syria are destroyed the Assyrians will come like a river in flood to "cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel" ({{bibleverse|Isaiah|8:8|KJV}}).{{sfn|Finlay|2005|p=173}}

A fourth, even longer, prophetic "name", is found in [[Isaiah 9:6]] with "[[Pele-joez-el-gibbor-abi-ad-sar-shalom]]". This is generally translated fully in English Bible versions such as "his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (KJV).