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.Isaiah 7:16 in the real world
In what words
- קוּץqûwtsto be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious
- מָאַסmâʼaçto spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
- בָּחַרbâcharproperly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- עָזַבʻâzabto loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- נַעַרnaʻar(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 8:4, Deu 1:39, Jon 4:11, Isa 17:1–3, Amo 1:3–5, 2Ki 16:9, 2Ki 15:29–30, Isa 9:11