And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
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Gill's Exposition
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp,.... Without fear or danger:
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den; and suffer no damage: the meaning is explained…
Barnes' Notes
And the sucking child - An emblem here of harmlessness and innocence. The change in the world, under the Messiah, shall be as great as if a sucking infant should be able to play unharmed with a…
The prophet had before, in this sermon, spoken of a child that should be born, a son that should be given, on whose shoulders the government should be, intending this for the comfort of the people of…
Cambridge Bible
The most startling contrast of all, the innocent babe playing with the deadly serpent.
asp Heb. pethen, rendered "adder" in Psa 58:4; Psa 91:13, elsewhere as here. The species has not been identified.…