Isaiah 32:12
[They shall strike] on the breast, lamenting, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:11But the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of mountains and valleys, from the rain of heaven doth it drink water.
Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted sigh.
Lamentations 4:3Even wild beasts offer the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 20:15Yet did I also lift up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given [them], flowing with milk and honey, which is an ornament among all the countries.
Nahum 2:7(2:8) And the queen is carried away into exile stripped of her attire, and her maids moan as with the voice of doves, striking their hand upon their breast.
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 →