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Isaiah 7:16

Isaiah 7:16
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.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good,.... This may be understood of Isaiah's child,…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The land that thou abhorrest - The land concerning which thou art so much “alarmed or distressed;” that is, the united…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 7:10-16

Here, I. God, by the prophet, makes a gracious offer to Ahaz, to confirm the foregoing predictions, and his faith in…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

The "for" seems to go back to Isa 7:7: he shall be called "God with us," because whilst he is yet in infancy a signal…