Isaiah 7:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ Even before that time comes, the lands of those two kings who terrify you will be deserted.

¹⁷ “The Lord is going to bring on you, on your people, and on the whole royal family, days of trouble worse than any that have come since the kingdom of Israel separated from Judah—he is going to bring the king of Assyria.

¹⁸ “When that time comes, the Lord will whistle as a signal for the Egyptians to come like flies from the farthest branches of the Nile, and for the Assyrians to come from their land like bees.