Isaiah 32:13

The land of my people will be overgrown with thorns and briers, 1 even in all the once joyful houses in the city of revelry. 1

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In The King James Version

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

In Context

12You will wail for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines. 1

14For the palace will be forsaken, the crowded city will be deserted; 1 the hill and the watchtower will become caves forever, 1 a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste, and it will not be pruned nor hoed. Instead, briers and thorns will spring up. 1 I will also command the clouds not to rain on it. 1

Isaiah 7:23At that time, where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, 1 there will be nothing but briers and thorns. 1

Isaiah 22:12The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day 1 for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of sackcloth. 1

Jeremiah 39:8Then the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the people's houses. They also tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Hosea 10:8The high places of wickedness will be destroyed. 1 This is the sin of Israel! 1 Thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. 1 The people will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” 1 and to the hills, “Fall on us!” 1

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 →

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