Isaiah 7:16
The Scripture
(16) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
As Syria and Israel threatened to attack Judah, Ahaz refused to ask the LORD for a sign, so Isaiah declared that a virgin would conceive and bear a son called Immanuel. Isaiah also prophesied that before the child could distinguish good from evil, the lands of the two threatening kings would be forsaken.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deuteronomy 1:39Jonah 4:11Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 9:11Isaiah 17:1Isaiah 17:2Isaiah 17:3II Kings 15:29II Kings 15:30II Kings 16:9
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