before

Deuteronomy 1:39
And the little ones, whom you said would become captives--your children who do not know good from evil, will enter the land I give them and possess it.

Jonah 4:11
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120, 000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?"

the land

Isaiah 8:4
For before the boy knows how to cry 'Father' or 'Mother, ' the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria."

Isaiah 9:11
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.

Isaiah 17:1-3
This is an oracle concerning Damascus: "Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins. . . .

2 Kings 15:29, 30
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as captives. . . .

2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria listened to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.