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
Christian Standard Bible
17 The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s house such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah:(A) He will bring the king of Assyria.”(B)
18 On that day(C)
the Lord will whistle(D) to flies
at the farthest streams of the Nile
and to bees 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 hair on your heads, the hair on your legs, and even your beards.
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 curds,
for every survivor in the land will eat curds and honey.(H)
23 And on that day
every place where there were a thousand vines,
worth a thousand 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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