因为在这孩子还不晓得弃恶择善之先，你所憎恶的那二王之地必致见弃。

因为在这孩子还不晓得弃恶择善之先，你所憎恶的那两个王的土地必被撇弃。

因为在这孩子还不晓得弃恶择善之先，你所憎恶的那两个王的土地必被撇弃。

然而，在他能明辨是非之前，你所惧怕的这二王的国土必荒废。

因为在这孩子晓得弃恶择善之先，你所畏惧的那两个王之地，早就被弃绝了。

因为在这孩子知道弃恶择善之前，你所惧怕的那两个王的土地必被遗弃。

因為在這孩子還不曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所憎惡的那二王之地必致見棄。

因為在這孩子還不曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所憎惡的那兩個王的土地必被撇棄。

因為在這孩子還不曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所憎惡的那兩個王的土地必被撇棄。

然而，在他能明辨是非之前，你所懼怕的這二王的國土必荒廢。

因為在這孩子曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所畏懼的那兩個王之地，早就被棄絕了。

因為在這孩子還不曉得拒絕壞的選擇好的之先，你所恐懼的那兩個王的土地早就撇棄了。

因為在這孩子知道棄惡擇善之前，你所懼怕的那兩個王的土地必被遺棄。

蓋此子未知棄惡擇善之先、爾所疾之二王、其國為墟、

當其年華未富、明睿未開之日、爾所懼之二王、其國必為墟、

蓋此子尚未明棄惡擇善之先、爾所懼之二王、其國必荒蕪、

for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

Even before then, the lands of the two kings you fear will be ruined.

For before the boy knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you dread will be deserted.

For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.

For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

For before the boy knows enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be abandoned.

For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken.

For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

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.

Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.

For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

For before the boy knows how to say‘ My father’ or‘ My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” (niv)

And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad— they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. (niv)

The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir and put Rezin to death. (niv)

This is what the Lord says:“ For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord. (niv)

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain. (niv)

And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left— and also many animals?” (niv)

In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and deported the people to Assyria.Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah. (niv)

A prophecy against Damascus:“ See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.The cities of Aroer will be deserted and left to flocks, which will lie down, with no one to make them afraid.The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites,” declares the Lord Almighty. (niv)

But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s foes against them and has spurred their enemies on. (niv)