Isaiah 7:14
KJV
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
GNT
Well then, the Lord himself will give you a sign: a young woman who is pregnant will have a son and will name him ‘Immanuel.’
The switch from “a virgin” to “a young woman” distorts the prophecy and undermines the miracle of the virgin birth. It also affects the deity of Christ because if Mary was not a virgin, the conception of Christ was no different from anyone else, and he would be stained by sin (Romans 5:12).
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