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"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sing; the young women, pregnant and about to bear a son, shall name him Emmanuel." Isaiah 7:14, New American Bible Revised Edition.
"Isaiah's sign seeks to reassure Ahaz that he need not fear the invading armies of Syria and Israel in the light of God's promise to David (2 Sm 7:12-16). The oracle follows a traditional announcements formual by which the birth and sometimes naming of a child is premised to particular individuals (Gn 16:11; Jgs 13:3). The young women: Hebrew 'almah designates a yound women of marriageable age without specific reference to virginity." Isaiah 7:14, New American Bible Revised Edition, The Catholic Study Bible, Second Edition.
Jesus was not born of a virgin. No need for Jesus to born of a virgin.
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