Isaiah 7:18-25

The Sign of Immanuel

18 In that day the Lord will l whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and m in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures. 1

20 In that day n the Lord will o shave with a razor that is p hired beyond q the River - with the king of Assyria - the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

21 r In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat s curds and honey.

23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels 2 of silver, will become t briers and thorns. 24 u With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 v And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear t of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:26
    He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:19
    And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
    Jeremiah 13:4
    "Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a cleft of the rock."
    Jeremiah 16:16
    Behold, I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:1
    Behold, the Lord will empty the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
    2 Kings 18:13 - 16
    In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:1
    And you, O son of man, take a sharp sword. Use it as a barber's razor and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:5
    Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
    Isaiah 10:15
    Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 8:7
    Therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
    Isaiah 11:15
    And the Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath, and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:17
    Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:15
    He shall eat curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:6
    I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
  10. Cross References
    Judges 5:11
    To the sound of musicians at the watering places, there they repeat the righteous triumphs of the Lord, the righteous triumphs of his villagers in Israel. "Then down to the gates marched the people of the Lord.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 32:13 - 14
    For the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:23
    In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.
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