Isaiah 7:16

New American Bible - revised edition

for before the child learns to reject evil and choose good, the land of those two kings whom you dread shall be deserted.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria listened to him and moved against Damascus, captured it, deported its inhabitants to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

Isaiah 8:14

He shall be a snare, a stone for injury, A rock for stumbling to both the houses of Israel, A trap and a snare to those who dwell in Jerusalem;

Isaiah 8:4

for before the child learns to say, “My father, my mother,” the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria. The Choice: The Lord or Assyria.

Isaiah 9:11

Aram from the east and the Philistines from the west— they devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his wrath is not turned back, and his hand is still outstretched!

Jeremiah 7:15

I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast away all your kindred, all the offspring of Ephraim. Abuses in Worship.

Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me: Now, Ephraim, you have practiced prostitution, Israel is defiled.

Hosea 5:9

Ephraim shall become a wasteland on the day of punishment: Among the tribes of Israel I announce what is sure to be.

Jonah 4:11

And should I not be concerned over the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot know their right hand from their left, not to mention all the animals?”

Deuteronomy 1:39

Your little ones, who you said would become plunder, and your children, who as yet do not know good from evil—they shall enter there; to them I will give it, and they shall take possession of it.