Isaiah 7:22

22 That person will eat cheese, because they will produce so much milk. Everyone who is left in the land will eat cheese and honey.

Isaiah 7:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:22

And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk
[that] they shall give
The cow and the two sheep, having large pastures, and few cattle to feed upon them, those few would give such abundance of milk, that the owner of them would make butter of it, and live upon it, having no occasion to eat milk; and there being few or none to sell it to: he shall eat butter;
the milk producing a sufficient quantity of it for himself and his family: for butter and honey shall everyone eat that is left in the land:
signifying that though they would be few, they would enjoy a plenty of such sort of food as their small flocks and herds would furnish them with, and the bees produce. The Targum and Jarchi interpret this of the righteous that shall be left in the land; but it is rather to be extended unto all, righteous and unrighteous.

Isaiah 7:22 In-Context

20 "On that day the Lord will hire the king of Assyria from beyond the Euphrates River to be a razor to shave the hair on your head, the hair on your legs, and even your beard.
21 On that day a person will keep alive a young cow and two sheep.
22 That person will eat cheese, because they will produce so much milk. Everyone who is left in the land will eat cheese and honey.
23 On that day, in every place where there were 1,000 vines (worth 1,000 pieces of silver), there will be briars and thorns.
24 People will come there with bows and arrows [to hunt] because the whole land will be filled with briars and thorns.
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