Perhaps the most well known Isaiah passage concerning messianic prophecy is found in 2 Nephi 19:6 which is the equivalent of Isaiah 9:6. Let’s set up the passage first. Isaiah is dealing with King Ahaz and in his prophetic utterings Isaiah wants to shock the king with his futuristic insights. “Therefore,” quoting Isaiah, “the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
The apostate Christian scholars of our day desire to dumb down the revelatory accuracy of a prophet so in the Revised version of the Bible this prophecy makes a most interesting translation change. The word virgin is changed to ‘a young woman.’ Let’s replay Isaiah’s prophetic shock and awe with a modern-day apostate version.
Look King Ahaz, you wicked excuse for a king, the Lord will give unto a sign, ‘a young woman’ will conceive and bear a son. Pause, waiting for the awe following the shock.
Most of us here are the result of a young woman conceiving and bearing a child. The only thing that makes the prophecy unique and significant is the conception and birth of a child to a virgin. What distinction is there that a young woman conceives and bears a boy?
Two chapters later, Isaiah follows up his prophecy with the most popular Messianic scripture of all time.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
