pam Posted December 26, 2009 Report Posted December 26, 2009 Reference Search: 2 Nephi 17:1818 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. Quotes for DiscussionFly and bee The Lord will signal or prompt the Assyrian armies (here referred to as “bees”) to come down on Judah. The Lord shall whistle to the bees is a symbol built on an actual ancient practice, for Cyrillus of Alexandria (ca. A.D. 400) wrote about beekeepers who whistled to bees to get them to return to their hives.Donald W. Parry, Jay A. Parry, and Tina M. Peterson, Understanding Isaiah [salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1998], 78 The fly and the bee often symbolize fighting soldiers (Deut. 1:44; Ps. 118:12). These symbols are well chosen because “the flooding of the Nile brought…swarms of flies,” and “the hill districts of Assyria were well known for their bees” (J. Alec Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction and Commentary, 89).Donald W. Parry, Visualizing Isaiah [Provo, Utah: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2001], 26 Quote
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