²⁵As for all the hills^k once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;^l they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.^m

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k Hag 1:11
lSee ver 19
mSee Isa 5:17

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

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 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 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.

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