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Isaiah 7:15

Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Butter and honey shall he eat..... As the Messiah Jesus no doubt did; since he was born in a land flowing with milk and honey, and in a time of plenty, being a time of general peace; so that this…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Butter and honey - The word rendered “butter” (חמאה chem'âh), denotes not butter, but thick and curdled milk. This was the common mode of using milk as an article of food in the East, and is still.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 7:10-16

Here, I. God, by the prophet, makes a gracious offer to Ahaz, to confirm the foregoing predictions, and his faith in them, by such sign or miracle as he should choose (Isa 7:10, Isa 7:11): Ask thee a…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Butter and honey shall he eat This has to be explained by Isa 7:7, where the eating of butter (lit. "thick milk") and (wild) honey is a symptom of the primitive simplicity to which human life is…