Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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The land

Isaiah 8:4
For before the boy shall have knowledge to cry, My father! and, My mother! the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 9:11
Therefore will Yahweh strengthen the adversaries of Resin against him, - And his enemies will he arouse:
Isaiah 17:1
The oracle on Damascus, - Lo! Damascus, is to be removed from being a city, And shall become a heap of ruins:
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali - and carried them away captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria hearkened unto him, and the king of Assyria came up unto Damascus, and seized it, and carried away the people thereof captive to Kir, - and put Rezin, to death.

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Isaiah 17:9
In that day, shall his fortified cities become Like a neglected bough and a topmost branch, Which they neglected because of the sons of Israel, - So shall there be desolation.