Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 7:18

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18. hiss —whistle, to bring bees to settle (see on Isaiah 5:26 ). fly —found in numbers about the arms of the Nile and the canals from it ( Isaiah 19:5-7 ; Isaiah 23:3 ), here called "rivers." Hence arose the plague of flies ( Isaiah 23:3- : ). Figurative, for numerous and troublesome foes from the remotest parts of Egypt, for example, Pharaoh-nechoh. bee — ( Deuteronomy 1:44 ; Psalms 118:12 ). As numerous in Assyria as the fly in marshy Egypt. Sennacherib, Esar-haddon, and Nebuchadnezzar fulfilled this prediction. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-7-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-7-18

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological