Isaiah 7:18

"The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria."

Key Reflection

This verse foretells a future time of judgment where the LORD will bring about days of hardship and suffering for Israel, specifically targeting Ephraim (a northern tribal group) after their separation from Judah. These days are described as unprecedented and severe, setting the stage for the historical fall of the northern kingdom to the Assyrians.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

In that day the Lord shall hiss -see the note atIsaiah 5:26. For the fly -That is, for the army, or the multitude of people. The comparison of a numerous army with “flies” is not uncommon; see Homer’s “Iliad,” B. ii. 469, etc. - Thick as insects play, The wandering nation of a summer’s day. That, drawn by milky streams at evening hours In gathered swarms surround the rural bowers; From pail to pail with busy murmur run The gilded legions, glittering in the sun. The comparison is drawn probably from the “number,” but also is intended to indicate the troublesome character, of the invaders.

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