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

21In 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. In that day it will be that every place where there were 1,000 vines worth 1,000 silver shekels will become briers and thorns. 24With arrows and bows one will come there, since all the land will become briers and thorns. 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 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 parable. There was a master of a household who planted a vineyard. He put a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then He leased it to some tenant farmers and went on a journey.
• Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste: it will not be pruned or hoed, but briers and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
• Isaiah 32:12Beat your breasts lamenting for pleasant fields, for fruitful vine,
• Jeremiah 4:26I looked and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness and all of its cities were in ruins before Adonai, before His fierce anger.
• Hebrews 6:8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed—its end is to be burned over.

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