Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Butter—rather, curdled milk, the acid of which is grateful in the heat of the East (Job 20:17).
honey—abundant in Palestine (Judges 14:8; I Samuel 14:25; Matthew 3:4). Physicians directed that the first food given to a child should be honey, the next milk [BARNABAS, Epistle]. HORSLEY takes this as implying the real humanity of the Immanuel Jesus Christ, about to be fed as other infants (Luke 2:52). Isaiah 7:22 shows that besides the fitness of milk and honey for children, a state of distress of the inhabitants is also implied, when, by reason of the invaders, milk and honey, things produced spontaneously, shall be the only abundant articles of food [MAURER].
that he may know—rather, until He shall know.
evil . . . choose . . . good—At about three years of age moral consciousness begins (compare Isaiah 8:4; Deuteronomy 1:39; Jonah 4:11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 7:15:
Song of Solomon 5:1
Isaiah 7:14
Isaiah 7:16
Isaiah 7:22
Isaiah 7:25
Isaiah 8:3
Isaiah 8:21-22
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