 Behold, the virgin will become pregnant and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel,, which is ambiguousit refers to a young woman who may be a virgin, but not necessarily. Isaiah did not use , which refers unambiguously to a virgin, because, I suppose, the context demands an immediate fulfillment, which was supplied by Isaiahs wife, as the next chapter makes clear. It follows that translations of Isaiah 7:14 that render young woman are not doing violence to the Hebrew Text. which being translated is, God with us. 