Isaiah 7:17-25
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]
20 In that day (E)the Lord will (F)shave with a razor that is (G)hired beyond (H)the River[b]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.
21 (I)In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat (J)curds and honey.
23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels[c] of silver, will become (K)briers and thorns. 24 (L)With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 (M)And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear (N)of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
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- Isaiah 7:19 Or watering holes, or brambles
- Isaiah 7:20 That is, the Euphrates
- Isaiah 7:23 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Isaiah 7:17-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 The Lord will bring on you, your people, and the house of your father, such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah(A)—the king of Assyria(B) is coming.”
18 On that day(C)
the Lord will whistle(D) to the fly
that is at the farthest streams of the Nile
and to the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
19 All of them will come and settle
in the steep ravines, in the clefts of the rocks,(E)
in all the thornbushes, and in all the water holes.
20 On that day the Lord will use a razor(F) hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria(G)—to shave the head, the hair on the legs, and to remove the beard as well.
21 On that day
a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
22 and from the abundant milk they give
he will eat butter,
for every survivor in the land will eat butter and honey.(H)
23 And on that day
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.(I)
24 A man will go there with bow and arrows
because the whole land will be thorns and briers.
25 You will not go to all the hills
that were once tilled with a hoe,
for fear of the thorns and briers.
Those hills will be places for oxen to graze
and for sheep to trample.
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