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Isaiah 18:5

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18:5For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted,

and the ripening fruit appears,11

he will cut off the unproductive shoots12 with pruning knives;

he will prune the tendrils.13

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Footnotes

  1. 11 Heb “and the unripe, ripening fruit is maturing.”
  2. 12 On the meaning of זַלְזַל (zalzal, “shoot [of the vine] without fruit buds”) see *זַלְזַל.
  3. 13 Heb “the tendrils he will remove, he will cut off.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For before the harvest, when the blossom is over,

and the flower becomes a ripening grape,

he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,

and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone

and the flower becomes a ripening grape,

he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,

and cut down and take away the spreading branches.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over

and the blossom becomes a ripening grape,

he will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife,

and tear away and remove the branches.

NLTNew Living Translation

Even before you begin your attack,

while your plans are ripening like grapes,

the Lord will cut off your new growth with pruning shears.

He will snip off and discard your spreading branches.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For before the harvest, when the blossom is complete

and a blossom becomes ripening fruit,

and one cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,

and one removes, tears away the tendrils.

KJV 1900King James Version

For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect,

And the sour grape is ripening in the flower,

He shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks,

And take away and cut down the branches.