Isaiah 7:16

New English Translation

Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request; he attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people to Kir and executed Rezin.

Isaiah 8:14

He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble – to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 8:4

for before the child knows how to cry out, ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

Isaiah 9:11

Then the Lord provoked their adversaries to attack them, he stirred up their enemies –

Jeremiah 7:15

And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.’”

Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.

Hosea 5:9

Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!

Jonah 4:11

Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”

Deuteronomy 1:39

Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it.