Isaiah 7:25

Isaiah 7:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
• New International Version (NIV)As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam.

Context of Isaiah 7:25

23And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver pieces, shall become briars and thorns: 24with arrows and with the bow shall they come thither, for the whole land shall become briars and thorns. And all mountains that have been dug up with the hoe — thither will they not come, from fear of briars and thorns; and they shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of small cattle.

Isaiah 7:25 word by word

וְכֹ֣ל הֶהָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּמַּעְדֵּר֙ יֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּן לֹֽא־תָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה יִרְאַ֖ת שָׁמִ֣יר וָשָׁ֑יִת וְהָיָה֙ לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח שׁ֔וֹר וּלְמִרְמַ֖ס שֶֽׂה׃ פRead the interlinear

• mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• beenהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• fearיִרְאָהyir'âh · fearH3374
• sendingמִשְׁלַחmishlôach mishlôach mishlâch · sendingH4916

Cross-references for Isaiah 7:25

• Isaiah 7:21And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep,
• Isaiah 13:20It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, even to generation and generation; nor shall Arabian pitch tent there, nor shepherds make fold there.
• Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.
• Zephaniah 2:6and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

Commentaries on Isaiah 7:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25And on all hills … - All the fertile places in the mountains that used to be cultivated with the spade. Vineyards were often planted on the sides of hills; and those places were among the most productive and fertile in the land; see Isaiah 5:1. The mattock - The spade; the garden hoe; or the weeding-hook. An instrument chiefly used, probably, in vineyards. There shall not come thither - There shall not be. The fear of briers and thorns - This does not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 Let those who will not believe the promises of God, expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings; for who can resist or escape his judgments? The Lord shall sweep all away; and whomsoever he employs in any service for him, he will pay. All speaks a sad change of the face of that pleasant land. But what melancholy change is there, which sin will not make with a people? Agriculture would cease. Sorrows of every kind will come upon all who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25Farmers faced almost complete disaster. Fertile fields and lush vineyards would turn into wild grazing lands filled with useless plants like briers and thorns (see Isaiah 5:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. shall be--rather, "were once." digged--in order to plant and rear vines (Is 5:6). there shall not come--that is, none shall come who fear thorns, seeing that thorns shall abound on all sides [Maurer]. Otherwise, "Thou shalt not come for fear of thorns" [Gesenius]. Only cattle shall be able to penetrate the briery ground. lesser cattle--sheep and goats.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings