Isaiah 7:23

Isaiah 7:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.

Context of Isaiah 7:23

21On that day a person will keep alive a young cow and two sheep. 22That person will eat cheese, because they will produce so much milk. Everyone who is left in the land will eat cheese and honey. On that day, in every place where there were 1,000 vines (worth 1,000 pieces of silver), there will be briars and thorns. 24People will come there with bows and arrows ⌞to hunt⌟ because the whole land will be filled with briars and thorns. 25And you will no longer be able to go to all the hills which used to be cultivated because they will be filled with briars and thorns. It will be a place for turning oxen loose and letting sheep run.”

Isaiah 7:23 word by word

וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִֽהְיֶ֣ה כָל־מָק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֧ר יִֽהְיֶה־שָּׁ֛ם אֶ֥לֶף גֶּ֖פֶן בְּאֶ֣לֶף כָּ֑סֶף לַשָּׁמִ֥יר וְלַשַּׁ֖יִת יִֽהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass in that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• every placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• shall be, where there were a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• vinesגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
• silverlingsכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• be for briersשָׁמִירshâmîyr · thornH8068
• and thornsשַׁ֫יִתshayith · thornbushH7898

Cross-references for Isaiah 7:23

• Matthew 21:33“Listen to another illustration. A landowner planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, made a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to vineyard workers and went on a trip.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland. It will never be pruned or hoed. Thorns and weeds will grow in it, and I will command the clouds not to rain on it.
• Isaiah 32:12Beat your breasts as you mourn for the fields, for the vines bearing grapes.
• Jeremiah 4:26I see that the fertile land has become a desert, and all its cities are torn down because of the Lord and his burning anger.
• Hebrews 6:8However, if the earth produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

Commentaries on Isaiah 7:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The remainder of this chapter is a description of great desolation produced by the invasion of the Assyrians. “Where there were a thousand vines.” Where there was a valuable vineyard. In every place, that is, that was well cultivated and valuable. At a thousand silverlings - The word rendered silvertings‘ here - כסף keseph - denotes, properly, silver, of any amount. But it is also used to denote the silver coin which was in use among the Jews, the shekel…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. 2323. where there were, &c.--where up to that time there was so valuable a vineyard as to have in it a 1000 vines, worth a silverling (shekel, about 2s. 3d.; a large price) each, there shall be only briers (So 8:11). Vineyards are estimated by the number of the vines, and the goodness of the kind of vine. Judea admits of a high state of cultivation, and requires it, in order to be productive; its present barrenness is due to neglect.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 7:23

• Agriculture
• Ahaz
• Assyria
• Hypocrisy
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Vineyard

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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