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.
16 for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
16 For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.
16 the threat of war will be over. Relax, those two kings that have you so worried will be out of the picture.
16 For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.
16 For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.
33 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
33 "Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: "He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.
33 "Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
33 "Finally, this is God's verdict on the king of Assyria: "'Don't worry, he won't enter this city, won't let loose a single arrow, Won't brandish so much as one shield, let alone build a siege ramp against it.
33 "Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: 'He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor build a siege mound against it.
33 "And this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: "'His armies will not enter Jerusalem. They will not even shoot an arrow at it. They will not march outside its gates with their shields nor build banks of earth against its walls.
Isaiah 37 is the same as 2 Kings 19. Thus, please see the commentary on 2 Kings 19.
35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
35 "I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!"
35 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."
35 I've got my hand on this city to save it, Save it for my very own sake, but also for the sake of my David dynasty.'"
35 'For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.' "
35 'For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.'"
Isaiah 37 is the same as 2 Kings 19. Thus, please see the commentary on 2 Kings 19.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 7:16
Commentary on Isaiah 7:10-16
(Read Isaiah 7:10-16)
Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reproved Ahaz and his court, for the little value they had for Divine revelation. Nothing is more grievous to God than distrust, but the unbelief of man shall not make the promise of God of no effect; the Lord himself shall give a sign. How great soever your distress and danger, of you the Messiah is to be born, and you cannot be destroyed while that blessing is in you. It shall be brought to pass in a glorious manner; and the strongest consolations in time of trouble are derived from Christ, our relation to him, our interest in him, our expectations of him and from him. He would grow up like other children, by the use of the diet of those countries; but he would, unlike other children, uniformly refuse the evil and choose the good. And although his birth would be by the power of the Holy Ghost, yet he should not be fed with angels' food. Then follows a sign of the speedy destruction of the princes, now a terror to Judah. "Before this child," so it may be read; "this child which I have now in my arms," (Shear-jashub, the prophet's own son, verse 3,) shall be three or four years older, these enemies' forces shall be forsaken of both their kings. The prophecy is so solemn, the sign is so marked, as given by God himself after Ahaz rejected the offer, that it must have raised hopes far beyond what the present occasion suggested. And, if the prospect of the coming of the Divine Saviour was a never-failing support to the hopes of ancient believers, what cause have we to be thankful that the Word was made flesh! May we trust in and love Him, and copy his example.