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Isaiah 7:16-18
International Standard Version
Isaiah 7:16-18
International Standard Version
16 However, before the youth knows enough to reject what’s wrong and choose what’s right, the land whose two kings you dread will be devastated.”
Conquest by Assyria
17 “The Lord will bring to you, to your people, and to your ancestor’s house such a time[a] as has never been since Ephraim broke away from Judah—the king of Assyria will come.[b]
18 “At that time,[c] the Lord will call[d] for flies that will come from far away—from the headwaters of Egypt’s rivers—and for bees that are in the land of Assyria.
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- Isaiah 7:17 Lit. such days
- Isaiah 7:17 1QIsaa MT lack will come
- Isaiah 7:18 Lit. On that day
- Isaiah 7:18 Lit. whistle
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