Isaiah 7:18 meaning and explanation

On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

Isaiah 7:18, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah has just told King Ahaz that Assyria will be the instrument of judgment on Judah (verse 17). Here the prophet pictures the LORD whistling, as a beekeeper or farmer might summon insects, and the flies of Egypt and bees of Assyria come at his call.

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