Isaiah 7:23

And it shall some to pass in that day, that, every place wherein there used to be a thousand vines at a thousand pieces of silver,—yea, even for briars and thorns, shall it be.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

In Context

22Yea it shall come to pass for the abundance of the yield of milk, that he shall eat curds,—for, curds and honey, shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.

24With arrows and with a bow, shall one come in thither,—for briars and thorns, shall be all the land.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,—when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:

Isaiah 5:6And I will make it a waste;—It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns,—And upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.

Isaiah 32:13Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow,—Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!

Matthew 21:33Another parable, hear ye:—A man there was, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and, a wall around it, placed, and digged in it a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen,—and left home.

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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