Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 7:15

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and chuse the good .

The common Food of Children in that Country, where they were in great abundance, and of the best sort.

The Virgins Son last mentioned, who, though he be God blessed for ever, yet shall become Man, and, to shew the truth of his Humanity, shall not onely be conceived and brought forth, but also shall be nou[illegible: 1+ letters]ished and brought up by the same means and steps as other children; which is justly mentioned here as a stupendious and miraculous Work of God.

That by this Food he may grow up, and so may know, &c. Or, until he know, as it is rendred by divers Learned Men, and, among others, by the Chaldee Interpreter, who best knew the use of this Particle among the Hebrews.

To discern between things morally good and evil; which Children are capable of doing in some measure, when they are five or six years old. Compare Deut. 1. 39. where young Children are described by this Character, that they had no knowledge between good and evil.