That the Lord awill whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
In the desolate valleys and in athe clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.
With those from beyond1 the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
aIt will be for briers and thorns.
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.
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Isaiah 7:20
razor—The Assyrians are to be God's instrument of devastating Judea, just as a razor sweeps away all hair before it (Isaiah 10:5; Ezekiel 29:19-20).
hired—alluding to Ahaz' hiring (II Kings 16:7-8) Tiglath-pileser against Syria and Israel; namely,
by them beyond the river—namely, the Euphrates; the eastern boundary of Jewish geographical knowledge (Psalms 72:8); the river which Abram crossed; the Nile also may be included (Isaiah 7:18) [G. V. SMITH]. GESENIUS translates, "With a razor hired in the parts beyond the river."
head . . . feet—the whole body, including the most honored parts. To cut the "beard" is the greatest indignity to an Easterner (Isaiah 50:6; II Samuel 10:4-5; Ezekiel 5:1).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 7:20:
Isaiah 7:3
Isaiah 7:18
Isaiah 8:7
Isaiah 32:13
Ezekiel 5:1
Nahum 1:12-14
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