...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....

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...delivered, the Professor refers us to the 16th verse, which, in the common version is rendered, " Before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that thon abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.' But the translation of this verse given by Bishop...

...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,...

...eat, that he may know,' or till be knows, ' to refuse the evil, and choose the good ; for before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the...the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of botli her kings.' Now that the former part of the prophecy, a virgin conceiving and bearing a son,...