Isaiah 7:18 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 7:18

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Hiss for the fly “Hist the fly” - See note on Isa 5:26. Egypt, and - Assyria - Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, Pharaoh-necho, and Nebuchadnezzar, who one after another desolated Judea.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Rivers - Of the river Nile, which may be called rivers, either for its greatness, or because towards the end of it, it is divided into seven streams. When the Chaldeans had in good measure subdued the Egyptians, it is probable great numbers of the Egyptian soldiers listed themselves in the Chaldean army, and with them invaded the land of Judah.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֣ה׀	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	in the day	H3117 →
הַה֗וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
יִשְׁרֹ֤ק	yish.Rok	he will whistle	H8319 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לַזְּב֔וּב	la.ze.Vuv	for the fly	H2070 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בִּקְצֵ֖ה	bik.Tzeh	[is] at [the] end of	H7097 →
יְאֹרֵ֣י	ye.'o.Rei	[the] canals of	H2975 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וְלַ֨דְּבוֹרָ֔ה	ve.La.de.vo.Rah	and for the bee	H1682 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ	be.'E.retz	[is] in [the] land of	H776 →
אַשּֽׁוּר׃	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
leads to
- Psalms 20:7
  Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Jeremiah 17:5
  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 17:16
  But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way…
- Jeremiah 2:13
  “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Isaiah 36:9
  For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Through
Joshua 24:12
I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:20
  Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
- Exodus 23:28
  I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
Through
Isaiah 5:26
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
leads to
- Zechariah 10:8
  I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

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