Isaiah 7:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ “·At that time [^LIn that day] the Lord will whistle for ·the Egyptians, and they will come like flies from Egypt’s faraway streams [^Lthe fly that is at the farthest streams of Egypt]. ·He will call for the Assyrians, and they will come like bees [^L… and for bees from the land of Assyria; ^CIsrael and Judah were caught in a tug-of-war between these two great powers]. ¹⁹ ·These enemies will camp [^LThey will rest/settle] in the deep ravines and in the ·cliffs [^Lcrevices/clefts of the rocks], by the thornbushes and ·watering holes [or pastures]. ²⁰ [In that day] The Lord will ·hire Assyria and use it like a razor to punish Judah [^Lshave with a razor hired beyond the River (Euphrates)—the king of Assyria]. ·It will be as if the Lord is shaving the hair from Judah’s head and body and beard [^L…—the head, the hair of the feet and cutting away the beard; ^C“hair of the feet” is likely a euphemism for pubic hair; such shaving was an act of humiliation].