Isaiah 7:17-25
1599 Geneva Bible
17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy Father’s house (the days that are not come from the day that [a]Ephraim departed from Judah) even the King of [b]Assyria.
18 And in that day shall the Lord hiss for the [c]fly that is at the uttermost parts of the floods of Egypt, and for the Bee which is in the land of Assyria,
19 And they shall come and shall light all in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorny places, and upon all bushy [d]places.
20 In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, even by them beyond the River, by the King of Assyria, the head and the hair of the [e]feet, and it shall consume the beard.
21 And in the same day shall a man [f]nourish a young cow, and two sheep.
22 And for the [g]abundance of milk, that they shall give, he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat, which is left within the land.
23 And at the same day every place, wherein shall be a thousand vines, shall be at a thousand pieces of silver: so it shall be for the briers and for the thorns.
24 With arrows and with [h]bow shall one come thither: because all the land shall be briers and thorns.
25 But on [i]all the mountains, which shall be dug with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but they shall be for the sending out of bullocks, and for the treading of sheep.
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- Isaiah 7:17 Since the time that the twelve Tribes rebelled under Rehoboam.
- Isaiah 7:17 In whom thou hast put thy trust.
- Isaiah 7:18 Meaning, the Egyptians: for by reason the country is hot and moist, it is full of flies, as Assyria is full of bees.
- Isaiah 7:19 Signifying, that no place shall be free from them.
- Isaiah 7:20 That is, that which is from the belly downward: meaning, that he would destroy both great and small.
- Isaiah 7:21 He that before had a great number of cattle, shall be content with one cow and two sheep.
- Isaiah 7:22 The number of men shall be so small, that a few beasts shall be able to nourish all abundantly.
- Isaiah 7:24 As they that go to seek wild beasts among the bushes.
- Isaiah 7:25 The mountains contrary to their wont, shall be tilled by such as shall flee to them for succor.
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