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Isaiah 7:17-19
New International Version
Isaiah 7:17-19
New International Version
17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away(A) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.(B)”
Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument
18 In that day(C) the Lord will whistle(D) for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.(E) 19 They will all come and settle in the steep ravines and in the crevices(F) in the rocks, on all the thornbushes(G) and at all the water holes.
Isaiah 7:17-19
King James Version
Isaiah 7:17-19
King James Version
17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
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Isaiah 7:17-19
New King James Version
Isaiah 7:17-19
New King James Version
17 (A)The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that (B)Ephraim departed from Judah.”
18 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord (C)will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in (D)the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.
Isaiah 7:17-19
English Standard Version
Isaiah 7:17-19
English Standard Version
17 (A)The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that (B)Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria!”
18 In that day the Lord will (C)whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and (D)in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.[a]
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- Isaiah 7:19 Or watering holes, or brambles
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