...shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people,' Isa. vii. 8. Thus was this prophecy accomplished, ' before this child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land, for which thou art afraid, shall bo forsaken of both her kings.' God determined that the prophet's...

...addressed himself to Ahaz, and said, But before this child shall grow up to discern good from evil; the land, that thou abhorrest, shall be forsaken of both her kings. " The child's name is evidently prophetical : for it signifies, a remnant, or the remainder, shall return....

...behold a virgin shall conceive and boar a son ;'; and the IGth ven;e says, ', And before thischild shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest or dreadest (meaning Syria and the kingdom of Israel) shall be forsaken of both...

...honey shall be eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 I-' or before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the l;md that thou abhorrent shall be forsaken of both her kings. 17 1i The LORD shall bring upon thee,...

...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...thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings." If this prophecy referred only to the birth of Christ, how could the deliverance here promised be certified...

...campus arista Incultisque rubens pendebit sentibus uva, Et dura- quercus sudabunt roscida mella.'' 51 to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that...thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. Isa. vii. 14, 15, 16. k. No. XLI. Upon the Place of Christ's Ministry upon Earth ; the Joy upon his...

...the 16th verse, which, in the common version is rendered, " Before the child shall know to refuse ihe evil and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.' But the translation of this verse given by Bishop Lowth, and which had long before bee-n given by eminent...

...by Ludovicus de Dieu and Cnstalio, appears to correspond more exactly to the original. " Before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land shall become desolate, by whose two kings thou art distressed." But when did this desolation of the...

...of him for this end, and pledged the fulfilment of it upon Shearjashub's head, saying, " Before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings." This which was pledged upon the head of...

...Surely, (it is so translated in verse 9,) before the youth (this is the proper rendering of the word) shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good,...abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings." The reason for which butter and honey are mentioned is, that they are the most nourishing of meats; wherefore,...