Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel» (7:14) Less familiar is its context: Isaiah has been pleading with King Ahaz to put his trust in God's promise to Israel rather than in
alliances with
strong military powers like Syria.
«We
call on all our Niger Delta peoples, for the sake of our future,» it read in part, «to look to our nearest neighbours, the Igbos, for immediate and
strong alliance to enable the Niger Delta nations and the Igbo nation to face the obvious change that will come to Nigeria, in strength, justice, brotherhood and truth.»