Isaiah 7:16
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhor shall be forsaken.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Cross References
2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali. And he carried them captive to As
2 Kings 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened to him. And the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
Isaiah 9:11Therefore LORD will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
Hosea 5:9Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke. I have made known that which shall surely be among the tribes of Israel.
Jonah 4:11And should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand men who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:11-17
The Promise of Immanuel. ( b. c. 740.) 10 Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord . 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and… Read the whole commentary →