Isaiah 7:17-25
Lexham English Bible
That Day
17 “Yahweh will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your ancestor[a] days that have not come since the day Ephraim departed from Judah: the king of Assyria.” 18 And this shall happen: On that day, Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the stream of Egypt and the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And all of them will come and settle in the rivers of the cliffs and in the clefts of the rocks and on all of the thornbushes and watering places. 20 On that day, the Lord will shave the head and the hair of the feet with a razor of the one hired from beyond the river—with the king of Assyria—and it will even take off the beard. 21 And this shall happen: on that day, a young man will keep a young cow of the herd and two sheep alive. 22 And this shall happen: because of the abundance of milk production, he will eat curds, for every one that is left in the midst of the land will eat curds and honey. 23 And this shall happen on that day: Every place where there are a thousand vines[b] for a thousand silver pieces will become briers,[c] and it will be thornbushes.[d] 24 One will go there with arrows and bow, for all of the land will be briers[e] and thornbushes.[f] 25 And as for all of the hills that they hoed with the hoe, you will not go there, for fear of briers[g] and thornbushes.[h] And it will become like pastureland for cattle and overtrodden land for sheep.
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- Isaiah 7:17 Or “father”
- Isaiah 7:23 Hebrew “vine”
- Isaiah 7:23 Hebrew “brier”
- Isaiah 7:23 Hebrew “thornbush”
- Isaiah 7:24 Hebrew “brier”
- Isaiah 7:24 Hebrew “thornbush”
- Isaiah 7:25 Hebrew “brier”
- Isaiah 7:25 Hebrew “thornbush”
Isaiah 7:17-25
American Standard Version
17 Jehovah will 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 Jehovah will 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 [a]desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn-hedges, and upon all [b]pastures.
20 In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep; 22 and it shall come to pass, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns. 24 With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns. 25 And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, [c]thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
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- Isaiah 7:19 Or, rugged
- Isaiah 7:19 Or, bushes
- Isaiah 7:25 Or, where never came the fear of briers and thorns, shall be etc. Or, there shall not come thither the fear . . . but it shall be etc.
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