Isaiah 32:13
Thorns and briers shall come up on the land of my people, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12They shall beat upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste. It shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 7:23And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver coins, shall be for briers and thorns.
Isaiah 22:12And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.
Jeremiah 39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Hosea 10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:10-20
Joyful Prospects. ( b. c. 726.) 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up… Read the whole commentary →