¹⁵ He will be eating milk curds and honey [^Cprobably because the crops have been destroyed in the invasion] ·when he learns [by the time he learns; or so that he will learn] to reject what is evil and to choose what is good [^Cprobably ages twelve or thirteen, when he would be accountable to the law; the destruction of Israel would occur in twelve or thirteen years: 722 bc]. ¹⁶ ·But [or For] before the child ·learns [knows] to choose good and reject evil, the lands of the two kings you fear [^CIsrael and Aram/Syria] will be ·empty [desolate; laid waste]. ¹⁷ The Lord will bring ·troubled times to [^Lupon] you, your people, and to ·the people of your father’s family [^Lyour father’s house; ^CDavid’s dynasty]. ·They will be worse than […days unlike] anything that has happened since Israel separated from Judah [^Cthe civil war dividing Israel into north (Israel) and south (Judah) after David’s son Solomon died, two centuries earlier]. ·The Lord will bring the king of Assyria to fight against you [^L…—the king of Assyria].