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Isaiah 7:15–16

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15He will be eating curdsk and honeyl when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16for before the boy knowsm enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,n the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.o

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Cross references

  1. kSee Ge 18:8
  2. lver 22
  3. mIsa 8:4
  4. nDt 1:39
  5. oSee Dt 13:16; Isa 17:3; Jer 7:15; Hos 5:9, 13; Am 1:3–5

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good, he will be eating curds and honey. For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

NLTNew Living Translation

By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey. For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject the evil and to choose the good. For before the boy knows to reject the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.