Catholic Public Domain Version
"But even before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of her two kings. "
— Isaiah 7:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken. ”
“For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.”
“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.”
“For before the child know to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land which thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of the face of her two kings.”
“For before the child is old enough to make a decision between evil and good, the land whose two kings you are now fearing will have become waste.”
“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.”
And he said: “Then listen, O house of David. Is it such a small thing for you to trouble men, that you must also trouble my God?
For this reason, the Lord himself will grant to you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive, and she will give birth to a son, and his name will be called Immanuel.
He will eat butter and honey, so that he may know to reject evil and to choose good.
But even before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the land that you detest will be abandoned by the face of her two kings.
The Lord will lead over you, and over your people, and over the house of your father, such days as have not occurred since the days of the separation of Ephraim from Judah by the king of the Assyrians.
And this shall be in that day: the Lord will call for the fly, which is in the most distant parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the swarm, which is in the land of Assur.
And they will arrive, and they all will rest in the torrents of the valleys, and in the caverns of the rocks, and in every thicket, and in every opening.