Isaiah 8:4
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For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
In other translations
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588בְּטֶרֶםbeterem<in> beforeH2962יֵדַעyeda'he will knowH3045הַנַּעַרhana'arthe ladH5288קְרֹאkero'to call outH7121אָבִי'aviO father myH1וְאִמִּיve'imiand O mother myH517יִשָּׂא׀yisa'someone will carry offH5375אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853חֵילcheil[the] wealth ofH2428דַּמֶּשֶׂקdamesekDamascusH1834וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853שְׁלַלshelal[the] plunder ofH7998שֹׁמְרוֹןshomeronSamariaH8111לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440מֶלֶךְmelekh[the] king ofH4428אַשּׁוּר׃ ס'ashurAssyriaH804
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Related verses
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- Deuteronomy 1:39Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
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