...shall he eat, that he may know," or until he shall know, " to choose the good and refuse the evil. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil...thou abhorrest, shall be forsaken of both her kings." Here, then, is a child to be born, as a sign of deliverance to Ahaz, and to be called Immanuel. And...

...Immanuel. 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 or David my servant's sake, whom [ 17 ÎT The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that...

...prophet that the Almighty would befriend and assist him, whereof he would first give him a sign : — "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign...that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings."f The land alluded to was really thus forsaken, a very few years afterwards. According to the...

...7 : 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil,...thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. Mat. 18 : 3 Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom...

...child (pointing to his own son, whom he wight hold in his arms) shall know how to refuse the evil fiiul choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. The child's name, ShearJashuh, the remainder shall return, is evidently prophetic. The prophecy was soon...

...yet the very next words are more exclusively applicable to the child that was but a type of Him, " Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to...thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings." And this leads me to notice a third feature in Divine prophecy, that, as in the words just quoted,...

...food of the country, and grow up like other children. But as to the 16th verse, which runs thus: " For before the child shall know to refuse the evil...thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings:" though some are for referring this verse also to the Messiah, it must be confessed that a consistent...

...accelerated. " For," adds the prophet, or, as it should be, "Surely" (the word is so rendered verse 9,) " before the child shall know to refuse the evil and...thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings ; " that is, (Shear-jashub, being then an infant,) before he should know " to refuse the evil and choose...

...relative both to the monarchy and to his pressing dangers. "Before the child" (properly before this child) " shall know to refuse the evil, and choose...thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings." There could be no possible reason for Shear-jashub to accompany his father, except for this purpose,...

...that he may know to refuse the evil, and 16 choose the good. For before the child shall know to refute among them at that day shall be as David ; and the house of David shall be as Gud, as 9 the ange 17 Tbe LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have...