Isaiah 7:18-25

Common English Bible

The devastated land

¹⁸ On that day, the Lord will whistle for the flies from the remotest streams of Egypt and for the bees that are in the land of Assyria. ¹⁹ They will come and settle in the steep ravines, in the cracks of the cliffs, in all the thornbushes, and in all the watering holes.

²⁰ On that day, the Lord will shave with a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—with the king of Assyria—the head and the pubic hair, and will cut off the beard as well.

²¹ On that day, one will raise a young cow and two sheep ²² and will eat butter because of the abundance of milk, for all who remain in the land will eat butter and honey.

²³ On that day, there will be thorns and thistles in every place where a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels once grew. ²⁴ Only those with bows and arrows will go there, because the entire land will become thorns and thistles. ²⁵ As for the hills that were once farmed with hoes, you won’t go there for fear of the thorns and thistles. They will become places where cattle are turned loose and sheep wander.