7:15 curds and honey. This is not a typical food for infants, but points to a time when people will have to live off unworked fields (v. 22). The Child is identified with the remnant.

when he knows how to refuse the evil. Self-indulgence made the failed leadership of Israel insensitive to social and spiritual values (5:11–23), but this diet will sensitize Christ to the work of the Lord (42:1–4).