Isaiah 7:16-18

Contemporary English Version

^15-16Even before the boy is old enough to know how to choose between right and wrong, he will eat yogurt and honey,^[a] and the countries of the two kings you fear will be destroyed. ¹⁷But the Lord will make more trouble for your people and your kingdom than any of you have known since Israel broke away from Judah. He will even bring the king of Assyria to attack you.

The Threat of an Invasion

¹⁸When that time comes, the Lord will whistle, and armies will come from Egypt like flies and from Assyria like bees.

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Footnotes

7.15,16 yogurt and honey: This may refer either to expensive foods eaten in a time of plenty or to a limited diet eaten in times of a food shortage.