Isaiah 7:23

23 And on that day every place where there were 1,000 vines, worth 1,000 pieces of silver, will become thorns and briers.

Isaiah 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:23

And it shall come to pass in that day; [that] every place
shall be
Barren and unfruitful, for want of men to till the ground: where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings;
which were so good, as to be sold or let out for so many silver shekels ^F13; or the fruit of them came to such a price; see ( Song of Solomon 8:11 ) : it shall [even] be for briers and thorns;
for want of persons to stock the ground and cultivate it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Which was about two shillings and sixpence of our money.

Isaiah 7:23 In-Context

21 On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

22 and from the abundant milk they give he will eat butter, for every survivor in the land will eat butter and honey.

23 And on that day every place where there were 1,000 vines, worth 1,000 pieces of silver, will become thorns and briers.

24 A man will go there with bow and arrows because the whole land will be thorns and briers.

25 You will not go to all the hills that were once tilled with a hoe, for fear of the thorns and briers. [Those hills] will be places for oxen to graze and for sheep to trample.