Isaiah 7:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. ”

Isaiah 7:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Butter and honey - The word rendered “butter” ( חמאה chem'âh ), denotes not butter, but thick and curdled milk. This was the common mode of using milk as an article of food in the East, and is...
Isaiah 7:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(n) Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. (n) Meaning that Christ is not only God, but man also, because he will be nourished as other men until th...
Isaiah 7:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Encouraging Sign of Immanuel when he is Dismayed by the Alliance of Syria and Ephraim against him. For the historical circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1 , w...
Isaiah 7:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Butter . Curds. See Genesis 18:8 ; Deuteronomy 32:14 , &c. that he may know . up to the time of his knowing: i.e. the prophecy shall come to pass while still. babe. See Isaiah 7:16 . choo...
Isaiah 7:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. Butter and honey shall he eat. Here the Prophet proves the true human nature of Christ; for it was altogether incredible that he who was God should be born of a virgin. Such a prodigy...
Isaiah 7:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. That he may know "When he shall know" - "Though so much has been written on this important passage, there is a...
Isaiah 7:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Butter and honey shall he eat, &c.— Cream and honey shall he eat, till, &c. The meaning of this verse is, that this child, called Immanuel, should be educated in the common method; the...
Isaiah 7:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Butter (Hebrew: chem'aah ( H2529 )) - rather, Curdled milk, the acid of which is grateful in the...
Isaiah 7:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel.
Isaiah 7:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know... — Better, till he know, or, when he shall know ... . — By a strange inversion of the familiar associations of the phrase ( Exodus 3:17 ; Deut...
Isaiah 7:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V THE WORLD IN ISAIAH'S DAY AND ISRAEL'S GOD 735-730 B.C. UP to this point we have been acquainted with Isaiah as a prophet of general principles, preaching to his countrymen the element...
Isaiah 7:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Sign of Immanuel Isaiah 7:1-17 A new cycle of prophecy begins here, covering the reign of Ahaz. The complete history which illustrates these Chapter s is given in 2 Chronicles 28:5 . The i...
Isaiah 7:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately following this new call of the prophet, we have the account of his encounter with Ahaz. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel had entered into a confederacy against Judah, and a great fear p...
Isaiah 7:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do not forget again, in the perusal of this most blessed scripture, to observe how the Lord takes occasion from man's unworthiness to magnify the riches of his grace. So, indeed, the Lord hat...
Isaiah 7:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Butter and honey shall he eat ..... As the Messiah Jesus no doubt did; since he was born in a land flowing with milk and honey, and in a time of plenty, being a time of general peace; so that this p...
Isaiah 7:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. Ver. 15. Butter and honey shall he eat, ] i.e., He shall be fed with children's meat, after the manner o...
Isaiah 7:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Butter and honey shall he eat The common food of children in that country, where these articles were in great abundance, and of the best sort. The principal meaning of the verse seems to be, that t...
Isaiah 7:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Promise of Immanuel. B. C. 740. 10 Moreover the L ORD spake again unto Ahaz, sayi...
Isaiah 7:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Butter and honey; the common food of children in that Country, where they were in great abundance, and of the best sort. He; the virgin's Son last mentioned, who, though he be God blessed for eve...
Isaiah 7:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Miserable Failure of Ahaz and God's Judgment On His House ( Isaiah 7:10-17 ). We must not underestimate this incident. In this total turnabout of history in Israel's most crucial time, for it...
Isaiah 7:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZ Isaiah 7:3-25 . Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, &c. In this interview of Isaiah with Ahaz we have an instance— I. Of God’s efforts to turn men from ruinous cour...
Isaiah 7:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Butter and honey Indicating the plainness and simplicity of the life in which the young Immanuel should be brought up.
Isaiah 7:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 7:1-2 . And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towa...
Isaiah 7:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 7:1 . In the days of Ahaz, the second or the third year of his reign. Chapter s 5. and 6. are therefore out of place. Isaiah 7:6 . Let us go up against Judah and set a king in the midst...
Isaiah 7:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION IV . PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO - ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION Isaiah 7:1-23 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ AT THE TIME OF THE...
Isaiah 7:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Son of the Virgin Promised
Isaiah 7:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:15 ; Genesis 24:43 ; Isaiah 7:22 ; Luke 1:35 ; Luke 2:40 ; Luke 2:52 ; Matthew 3:4 ; Philippians 1:10 ; Philippians 1:9 ; Proverbs 30:19 ; Psalms 51:5 ; Psalms 68:26 ; Romans 12:9...
Isaiah 7:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Butter — The common food of children in that country. He — The virgin's son. Know — To discern between things good and evil.

Isaiah 7:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 7:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 7:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 7:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 7:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 7:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 7:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 7:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 7:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Isaiah 7:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 7:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 7:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 7:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 7:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 7:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes