Isaiah 7:24

24 Men will go there to hunt with bows and arrows. That's because it will be covered with bushes and thorns.

Isaiah 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 7:24

With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither
For fear of wild beasts, serpents, and scorpions, as Jarchi; or in order to hunt them, as others; or because of thieves and robbers, as Aben Ezra: because all the land shall become briers and thorns;
among which such creatures, and such sort of men, would hide themselves.

Isaiah 7:24 In-Context

22 But they will give enough milk and butter to live on. Everyone who is left alive in the land will have nothing but butter and honey to eat.
23 The land used to have vineyards with 1,000 vines worth 25 pounds of silver. But soon the whole land will be covered with thorns and bushes.
24 Men will go there to hunt with bows and arrows. That's because it will be covered with bushes and thorns.
25 All of the hills used to be plowed with hoes. But you won't go there anymore. That's because you will be afraid of the thorns and bushes. Cattle will be turned loose on those hills. And sheep will run there.
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