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16 for before the child learns to reject evil and choose good, the land of those two kings whom you dread shall be deserted.

17 The Lord shall bring upon you and your people and your father’s house such days as have not come since Ephraim seceded[a] from Judah (the king of Assyria). 18 On that day

The Lord shall whistle
    for the fly in the farthest streams of Egypt,
    and for the bee in the land of Assyria.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:17 Such days as have not come since Ephraim seceded: the days of the kingdom prior to the secession of Ephraim and the other northern tribes (1 Kgs 12). The king of Assyria: the final comment appears to be a later editorial gloss indicating days worse than any since the secession.