Isaiah 32:10
8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
9 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
11 Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
- KJV
- Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
- WEB
- For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come.
- ASV
- For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
- DARBY
- In a year and [some] days shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
- BLB
- In days upon a year, you will tremble, O secure ones; for the vintage has ended; the harvest will not come.
- ÅB
- Om år og dag skal dere beve, dere trygge! For det er slutt med all vinhøst, frukthøsten kommer ikke.
- OTB
- Om litt mer enn et år, dere som føler dere trygge, vil bli urolige; druehøsten vil svikte, og fruktsamlingen vil ikke finne sted.
- B1930
- Om år og dag skal I beve, I trygge! For det er slutt med all vinhøst, frukthøsten kommer ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 7:23
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:13
I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
Read in contextHosea 3:4
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:10–11
Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
Read in contextHosea 2:12
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
Read in contextJoel 1:12
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:5–6
Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:17
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
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