So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give, That he will eat curds; For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.
- KJV And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
- BSB and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- NASB and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone who is left within the land will eat curds and honey.
- NLT Nevertheless, there will be enough milk for everyone because so few people will be left in the land. They will eat their fill of yogurt and honey.
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Quick answer
The remnant will live on curds and honey, simple food from an emptied land that still provides enough to survive.
Overview
With so few people left, even modest herds will yield abundant milk for the survivors. Curds and honey signal both scarcity and a measure of provision, the food of a land returned to wild simplicity. The verse echoes verse 15, tying the desolation back to the time-frame of the Immanuel sign.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Isa 7:15He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
- 2 Sam 17:29honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- Matt 3:4Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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