Isaiah 7:24

24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

Isaiah 7:24 in Other Translations

24 With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

24 With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns.

24 The entire land will become a vast expanse of briers and thorns, a hunting ground overrun by wildlife.

24 Weeds and thorn bushes everywhere! Good for nothing except, perhaps, hunting rabbits.

24 With arrows and with bow shall one come thither, because all the land shall be briers and thorns.

24 People will come there with bows and arrows [to hunt] because the whole land will be filled with briars and thorns.

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

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 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

23 In that day, in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.

24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

25 As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 5:6