Isaiah 7:21

And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20In that day doth the Lord shave, By a razor that is hired beyond the river, By the king of Asshur, The head, and the hair of the feet, Yea, also the beard it consumeth.

22And it hath come to pass, From the abundance of the yielding of milk he eateth butter, For butter and honey doth every one eat Who is left in the heart of the land.

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:17And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.

Isaiah 17:2Forsaken are the cities of Aroer, For droves they are, and they have lain down, And there is none troubling.

Jeremiah 39:10And of the poor people, who have nothing, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left in the land of Judah, and he giveth to them vineyards and fields on the 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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