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Isaiah 7:16

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

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.

17 The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

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BSB
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
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.
WEB
For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
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.
DARBY
For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.
BLB
For before the youth knows to reject the evil and to choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken because of the two of her kings.
ÅB
for før gutten skjønner å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal det land hvis to konger[^6] du gruer for, ligge øde.
OTB
for før gutten vet å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal landet til de to kongene du frykter bli forlatt.
B1930
for før gutten skjønner å forkaste det onde og velge det gode, skal det land hvis to konger du gruer for, ligge øde. / < JES 7, 1.>

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 8:4

    For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Kings 16:9

    And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

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  • Hosea 5:9

    Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

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  • Amos 1:3–5

    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

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  • 2 Kings 15:29–30

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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  • Isaiah 9:11

    Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

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  • Jonah 4:11

    And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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