For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Isaiah 7:16 in context
Isaiah 7:13–19
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He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
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For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
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The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
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It will happen in that day that the LORD will whistle 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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They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the clefts of the rocks, on all thorn hedges, and on all pastures.
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