Isaiah 7:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ The Lord will inflict on you,
    and on your people and your father’s house,
days far worse than any that have been seen
    since Ephraim^[a] broke away from Judah—
    you will become subjects of the king of Assyria.
¹⁸ When that day arrives,
    the Lord will summon flies from the distant streams of Egypt
    and bees from the land of Assyria.
¹⁹ They will all come forth and settle
    in the steep ravines and in the clefts of the rocks,
    on all the thornbushes and in all the pastures.