Isaiah 7:23

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.

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 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.

25 And you will no longer be able to go to all the hills which used to be cultivated because they will be filled with briars and thorns. It will be a place for turning oxen loose and letting sheep run."