Isaiah 7:15 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

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ASV

Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

WEB

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

YLT

Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

DBT

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

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Hebrews 5:14
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Deuteronomy 1:39
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Isaiah 7:22
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Philippians 1:10
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

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A threatening of the great desolation that God would bring upon Ahaz and his kingdom by the Assyrians, notwithstanding their escape from this present storm, because they went on still in their wickedness,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Note, Children are fed when they are little that they may be taught and instructed when they have grown up; they have their maintenance in order to their education. Here is another sign in particular of the speedy destruction of these potent princes that were now a terror to Judah,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Butter--rather, curdled milk, the acid of which is grateful in the heat of the East (Job 20:17). honey--abundant in Palestine (Jud 14:8; Physicians directed that the first food given to a child should be honey, the next milk [BARNABAS, Epistle]. HORSLEY takes this as implying the real humanity of the Immanuel Jesus Christ, about to be fed as other infants (Lu 2:52).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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