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23 “At that time,[a] every place where once there were a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels[b] of silver, only briars and thorns will grow.

24 “People will come there armed with bows[c] and arrows, because the entire land will be nothing but briers and thorns. 25 As for all the hills that used to be cultivated with a hoe, you won’t go there, because you’ll fear iron[d] briars and thorns. Nevertheless, those hills[e] will be reserved as a pasture where cattle will feed and where sheep will graze.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:23 Lit. On that day
  2. Isaiah 7:23 I.e. about 400 ounces; a shekel weighed about 0.4 ounces
  3. Isaiah 7:24 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read bow
  4. Isaiah 7:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack iron
  5. Isaiah 7:25 Lit. but they
  6. Isaiah 7:25 Lit. tread