<P> Immanuel (Hebrew: עִמָּנוּאֵל ‬ meaning, "God with us"; also romanized Emmanuel, Imanu'el) is a Hebrew name which appears in the Book of Isaiah as a sign that God will protect the House of David . The Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 1: 22--23) quotes part of this, "a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel", as a prophecy of the birth of the Messiah and the fulfillment of Scripture in the person of Jesus . </P> <P> The setting is the Syro - Ephraimite War, 734 - 735 BCE, which saw the kingdom of Judah pitted against two northern neighbours, the kingdoms of Israel (called Ephraim in the prophecy) and Syria (also known as Aram or Aram - Damascus or Syria - Damascus). Isaiah 7: 1--2 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 (Isaiah 7: 3--9). 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 is 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" (Isaiah 7: 13--16). </P>

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