1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Isaiah 7:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Of Egypt. The Idumeans, etc., dwell on the borders, Isaias 5:26. Yet many explain this of the victories of Nabuchodonosor and Nechas.