16. Indeed, before the boy knows how to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings who terrify you will be deserted.
17. “The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your ancestor’s family a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah. ⌊He will bring⌋ the king of Assyria.
18. On that day the Lord will whistle for the flies that are at the distant branches of the Nile River in Egypt and for the bees that are in Assyria.
19. All of them will come and settle in the deep valleys, in the cracks in the cliffs, on all the thornbushes, and at all the water holes.
20. “On that day the Lord will hire the king of Assyria from beyond the Euphrates River to be a razor to shave the hair on your head, the hair on your legs, and even your beard.
21. On that day a person will keep alive a young cow and two sheep.