And it will happenוְהָיָהon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthat YHWHיְהוָהwill whistleיִשְׁרֹקfor the flyלַזְּבוּבthatאֲשֶׁרis at the endבִּקְצֵהof the streamsיְאֹרֵיof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand for the beeוְלַדְּבוֹרָהthatאֲשֶׁרis in the landבְּאֶרֶץof Assyria.אַשּׁוּר
Isaiah 7:18
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day that YHWH will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 7:18, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will whistleיִשְׁרֹקyishrok
whistle
To call a people with a whistle so that they gather and come.
Where else “yishrok” appears- for the flyזְּבוּבzevuv
fly
A fly.
Where else “zevuv” appears- is at the endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the streamsיְאֹרֵיyeore
Nile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeore” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and for the beeדְּבוֹרָהdevora
bee
Bee.
Where else “devora” appears- is in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears
Places in this verse
1Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
3Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
17YHWH will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father days that have not come since the day Ephraim departed from Judah: the king of Assyria.
18 · This verse (above)
19And they will come and settle, all of them, in the steep ravines and in the clefts of the crags, and on all the thornbushes and on all the watering places.