That Day

17 “Yahweh will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your ancestor[fn] days that have not come sincethe day Ephraim departed from Judah: the king of Assyria.” 18 And this shall happen: On that day, Yahweh will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the stream of Egypt and the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And all of them will come and settle in the rivers of the cliffs and in the clefts of the rocks and on all of the thornbushes and watering places. 20 On that day, the Lord will shave the head and the hair of the feet with a razor of the one hired from beyond the river—with the king of Assyria—and it will even take off the beard. 21 And this shall happen: on that day, a young man will keep a young cow of the herd and two sheep alive. 22 And this shall happen: because of the abundance of milk production, he will eat curds, for every one that is left in the midst of the land will eat curds and honey. 23 And this shall happen on that day: Every place where there are a thousand vines[fn] for a thousand silverpieces will become briers,[fn] and it will be thornbushes.[fn] 24 One will go there with arrows and bow, for all of the land will be briers[fn] and thornbushes.[fn] 25 And as for all of the hills that they hoed with the hoe, you will not go there, for fear of briers[fn] and thornbushes.[fn] And it will become like pasturelandfor cattle and overtrodden land for sheep.