Isaiah 7:16 “For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the la…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For afore the childe shall haue knowledge to eschew the euill, and to chuse the good, the land, that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her Kings.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

Bible in Basic English

For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.

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Cross references

“before”

Deuteronomy 1:39 Jonah 4:11

Deuteronomy 1:39 · BSB

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.

Jonah 4:11 · BSB

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?”

“the land”

Isaiah 8:4 Isaiah 9:11 Isaiah 17:1–3 2 Kings 16:9 2 Kings 15:29 2 Kings 15:30

Isaiah 8:4 · BSB

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.”

Isaiah 9:11 · BSB

The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.

Isaiah 17:1–3 · BSB

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

2 Kings 16:9 · BSB

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.

2 Kings 15:29 · BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as cap…

2 Kings 15:30 · BSB

Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.

Also

Amos 1:3–5 Hosea 5:9

Amos 1:3–5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.

Hosea 5:9 · BSB

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

17The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

Read Isaiah 7