Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 7:21
21In that day it will be that a man will rear a calf and two sheep,
Isaiah 7:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
- New International Version (NIV)In that day, a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep,
- New King James Version (NKJV)It shall be in that day That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
Context of Isaiah 7:21
19Then they will come, all of them— and will settle in the steep wadis and in the clefts of the cliffs and in all the thorn bushes and in all the watering holes. 20In that day Adonai will shave— with a razor hired beyond the River— with the king of Assyria— the head and the hair of the legs, and even clip off the beard. In that day it will be that a man will rear a calf and two sheep, 22and from the abundant milk they give, he will eat curds— for anyone left in the land will eat curds and honey. 23In that day it will be that every place where there were 1,000 vines worth 1,000 silver shekels will become briers and thorns.
Read all of Isaiah 7Isaiah 7:21 word by word
וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא יְחַיֶּה־אִ֛ישׁ עֶגְלַ֥ת בָּקָ֖ר וּשְׁתֵּי־צֹֽאן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 7:21
- Isaiah 7:25As for all the hills that were tilled with the hoe—you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns. Instead it will be for grazing of oxen and roaming of sheep.
- Isaiah 5:17Then lambs will graze as if in their own pasture, and nomads will eat in the ruins of the wealthy.
- Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks—they will lie down and no one will frighten them.
- Isaiah 37:30So this shall be the sign to you: This year you will eat what grows by itself, in the second year what springs from that. But in the third year, you will sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
- Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the people, who had nothing, behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields in that day.
Commentaries on Isaiah 7:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21In that day - In the time specified in the previous verses - in the judgments that should be brought upon the land by the Egyptians and Assyrians. A man shall nourish - Hebrew Make to live:‘ that is, he shall own, or feed. A young cow - The Hebrew denotes a heifer that gives milk. The state which is denoted by this is that of great poverty. Instead of being engaged in agriculture, of possessing great resources in that time, a man should depend, for the…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. 18-25The phrase on that day refers to the future Day of the LORD, when God acts to judge and to save. Judah would first experience the judgment Isaiah had announced. This would be a warning of a greater judgment still to come. That greater judgment was the exile in Babylon from 586 to 538 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2521. nourish--that is, own. young cow--a heifer giving milk. Agriculture shall cease, and the land become one great pasturage.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
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