Isaiah 7:16 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 7:16

For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

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ASV

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

KJV

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

I will say something even more amazing, so that you do not think that he is born in a fantasy, he will use foods of infancy, he will eat butter and milk.

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The Church Fathers2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 16) For before the boy knows how to reject evil and choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of its two kings. In the sixth year of the reign of Hezekiah, Samaria was captured by the Assyrians (2 Kings 18), that is, in his thirty-first year of age.

Irenaeus

Against Heresies (Book III, Chapter 21), Section 4 (202)

For the one and the same Spirit of God, who proclaimed by the prophets what and of what sort the advent of the Lord should be, did by these elders give a just interpretation of what had been truly prophesied; and He did Himself, by the apostles, announce that the fulness of the times of the adoption had arrived, that the kingdom of heaven had drawn nigh, and that He was dwelling within those that believe on Him who was born Emmanuel of the Virgin.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The land that thou abhorrest - The land concerning which thou art so much “alarmed or distressed;” that is, the united land of Syria and Ephraim. It is mentioned here as ‘the land,’ or as one land, because they were united then in a firm alliance, so as to constitute, in fact, or for the purposes of invasion and conquest, one people or nation. The phrase, ‘which thou abhorrest,’ means properly, which thou loathest, the primary idea of the word - קוץ qûts - being to feel a nausea, or to vomit.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֠י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְּטֶ֨רֶם	be.Te.rem	<in> before	H2962 →
יֵדַ֥ע	ye.Da'	he will know	H3045 →
הַנַּ֛עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the lad	H5288 →
מָאֹ֥ס	ma.'Os	to reject	H3988 →
בָּרָ֖ע	ba.Ra'	<in> the evil	H7451 →
וּבָחֹ֣ר	u.va.Chor	and to choose	H977 →
בַּטּ֑וֹב	ba.Tov	<in> the good	H2896 →
תֵּעָזֵ֤ב	te.'a.Zev	it will be forsaken	H5800 →
הָאֲדָמָה֙	ha.'a.da.Mah	the land	H127 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
קָ֔ץ	Katz	[are] feeling dread	H6973 →
מִפְּנֵ֖י	mi.pe.Nei	of <the face of>	H6440 →
שְׁנֵ֥י	she.Nei	[the] two	H8147 →
מְלָכֶֽיהָ׃	me.la.Khei.ha	kings its	H4428 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 1:39
And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
leads to
- Isaiah 7:15–16
  By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jonah 4:11
  So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 14:3
  Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
- Numbers 14:31
  But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
Through
Isaiah 8:4
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
leads to
- Romans 9:11
  Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
leads to
- Isaiah 22:6
  Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- Amos 9:7
  “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from…
Through
Hosea 5:9
Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
leads to
- Hosea 9:11–17
  Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Isaiah