But if you will not let my people go, then I will send swarms of flies against you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The Egyptians’ houses will swarm with flies, and so will the land where they live.
Isaiah 7:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On that day the Lord will whistle to flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to bees in the land of Assyria. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in that day the Lord shall whistle for the fly [the numerous and troublesome foe] that is in the whole extent of the canal country of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. Common English Bible On that day, the LORD will whistle for the flies from the remotest streams of Egypt and for the bees that are in the land of Assyria. Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be in that day: the Lord will call for the fly, which is in the most distant parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the swarm, which is in the land of Assur. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. |
But if you will not let my people go, then I will send swarms of flies against you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The Egyptians’ houses will swarm with flies, and so will the land where they live.
And the Lord did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh’s palace and his officials’ houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
They are coming from a distant land, from the farthest horizon – the Lord and the weapons of his wrath – to destroy the whole country.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the Lord.
He raises a signal flag for the distant nations and whistles for them from the ends of the earth. Look #– #how quickly and swiftly they come!
The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s house such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah: He will bring the king of Assyria.’
I will whistle and gather them because I have redeemed them; they will be as numerous as they once were.
Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir as far as Hormah.
The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you won’t understand,
The Lord your God will also send hornets against them until all the survivors and those hiding from you perish.
I sent hornets , ahead of you, and they drove out the two Amorite kings before you. It was not by your sword or bow.