Isaiah 7:18
It will happen in that day that Adonai will whistle for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt [Abode of slavery], and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria [Level plain].
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Exodus 8:21Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
Deuteronomy 1:44The Amorites [Descendants of Talkers], who lived in that hill country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
Psalms 105:31He spoke, and swarms of flies came, 2 and lice in all their borders. 1
Isaiah 5:26He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, 2 and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. 2 Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly. 1
Isaiah 13:5They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Adonai, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:18-25
Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →