Isaiah 7:21

On that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 1

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And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;

In Context

20At that time the Lord will shave with a razor that was hired beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria— 1 the head and the hair of the legs; it will also sweep away the beard. 1

22and because of the abundance of milk which they shall give, he will eat curds, 1 for everyone left in the land will eat curds and honey. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:17Then the sheep will feed as in their own pasture, and in the ruins, lambs will graze as foreigners. + 5:17 Some modern versions have and in the ruins of the rich, lambs will graze . 1

Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer will be abandoned. 1 They will be places for flocks to lie down, and no one will frighten them. 1

Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan the commander of the king's bodyguards allowed the poorest people who had nothing for themselves to remain in the land of Judah. He gave them vineyards and fields on that same day.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:18-25

Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all… Read the whole commentary →

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