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Isaiah 7:21–25

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21And it will be in that day, that a man may keep alive a aheifer and a pair of sheep;

22and because of the abundance of the milk produced, he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat acurds and honey.

23And it will be in that day, athat every place where there used to be one thousand vines, valued at 1one thousand shekels of silver, will become bbriars and thorns.

24People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns.

25As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for 1apasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Approx. 25 lb. or 11 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  2. 1Lit sending

Cross references

  1. aIs 14:30; 27:10; Jer 39:10
  2. aIs 8:15
  3. aIs 5:10; 32:13, 14
  4. bIs 5:6
  5. aIs 5:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat curds and honey.

In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In that day, a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats. And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds and honey. In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns. Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On that day

a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

and from the abundant milk they give

he will eat curds,

for every survivor in the land will eat curds and honey.

And on that day

every place where there were a thousand vines,

worth a thousand pieces of silver,

will become thorns and briers.

A man will go there with bow and arrows

because the whole land will be thorns and briers.

You will not go to all the hills

that were once tilled with a hoe,

for fear of the thorns and briers.

Those hills will be places for oxen to graze

and for sheep to trample.

NLTNew Living Translation

In that day a farmer will be fortunate to have a cow and two sheep or goats left. Nevertheless, there will be enough milk for everyone because so few people will be left in the land. They will eat their fill of yogurt and honey. In that day the lush vineyards, now worth 1,000 pieces of silver, will become patches of briers and thorns. The entire land will become a vast expanse of briers and thorns, a hunting ground overrun by wildlife. No one will go to the fertile hillsides where the gardens once grew, for briers and thorns will cover them. Cattle, sheep, and goats will graze there.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And this shall happen: on that day, a young man will keep a young cow of the herd and two sheep alive. And this shall happen: because of the abundance of milk production, he will eat curds, for every one that is left in the midst of the land will eat curds and honey. And this shall happen on that day: Every place where there are a thousand vines for a thousand silver pieces will become briers, and it will be thornbushes. One will go there with arrows and bow, for all of the land will be briers and thornbushes. And as for all of the hills that they hoed with the hoe, you will not go there, for fear of briers and thornbushes. And it will become like pastureland for cattle and overtrodden land for sheep.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it shall come to pass in that day,

That a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter:

For butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

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.

With arrows and with bows shall men come thither;

Because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock,

There shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns:

But it shall be for the sending forth of oxen,

And for the treading of lesser cattle.