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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The land that thou abhorrest - The land concerning which thou art so much “alarmed or distressed;” that is, the united land of Syria and Ephraim....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For before the (o) child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken by both her kings. (o) N...
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 circums...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For before. This was the sign to Ahaz and all present. Compare the further sign, Isaiah 8:4 , and see App-101. child . sucking child. the land...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Before the child shall know. Many have been led into a mistake by connecting this verse with the preceding one, as if it had been the sa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The land that thou abhorrest, &c.— Distressed shall be that land, whose two kings thou art afraid of, or distressed by. The learned Vitring...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Fo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Though the child about to be born must in his early years endure privation, yet before he comes to years of discretion Judah's present enemies shall...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

F or before the child shall know... — The words imply the age of approaching manhood, and predict the downfall of Pekah and Rezin, as the longer per...
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 p...
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 thes...
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 in...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I have separated this verse from the whole passage going before from an idea, (though I presume not to say I am right) that it is not connected with...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good ,.... This may be understood of Isaiah's child, Shearjashub, he had along wi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 16....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For before the child , &c. “The learned Vitringa,” says Dr. Dodd, “seems to have proved beyond any doubt, that the child spoken of in this verse...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Promise of Immanuel. B. C. 740. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For; or, yea ; for so this particle is used by way of amplification or addition, Isaiah 32:13 Jeremiah 14:5,18 . So the sense is, Not only th...
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...
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—...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE VIRGIN’S SON Isaiah 7:13-16 . And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David, &c. On this supremely difficult passage Dr. Kennicott preached...
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...
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 u...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

The Son of the Virgin Promised
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, before He would reach the age of adolescence, the land that thou abhorrest s...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 15:29 ; 2 Kings 15:30 ; 2 Kings 16:9 ; Deuteronomy 1:39 ; Isaiah 17:1-3 ; Isaiah 8:4 ; Isaiah 9:11 ; Jonah 4:11
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yea — Not only this land shall be preserved until the virgin's son shall be born, but thine enemies land shall be sorely scourged, and these two ki...

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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 7:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 7:16