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Isaiah 7:23

Judgment

21 On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

22 and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

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.

24 Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

25 For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.

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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
WEB
It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, will be for briers and thorns.
ASV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.
DARBY
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver pieces, shall become briars and thorns:
BLB
And it will come to pass in that day [that] there will be [in] every place where there are a thousand vines at a thousand of silver—there will be briers and thorns.
ÅB
Og det skal bli så på den tid at hvor det nå er tusen vintrær, verd tusen sekel sølv, der skal det overalt bare vokse torn og tistel.
OTB
På den dagen skal hvert sted hvor det var tusen vinstokker verdt tusen sølvsekler bli til tornekratt og tistler.
B1930
Og det skal bli så på den tid at hvor det nu er tusen vintrær, verd tusen sekel sølv, der skal det overalt bare vokse torn og tistel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 5:6

    I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

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  • Song of Solomon 8:11–12

    Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

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  • Matthew 21:33

    Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

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  • Hebrews 6:8

    But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

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  • Jeremiah 4:26

    I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger.

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  • Isaiah 32:12–14

    Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

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