Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation No one will go to the fertile hillsides where the gardens once grew, for briers and thorns will cover them. Cattle, sheep, and goats will graze there. English Standard Version And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread. Berean Standard Bible For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample. King James Bible And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. New King James Version And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam. New American Standard Bible As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the plow, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample. NASB 1995 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample. NASB 1977 And as for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample. Legacy Standard Bible As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample. Amplified Bible As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the pick and the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place where oxen are pastured and where sheep tread. Christian Standard Bible You will not go to all the hills that were once tilled with a hoe, for fear of the thorns and briers. Those hills will be places for oxen to graze and for sheep to trample. Holman Christian Standard Bible You will not go to all the hills that were once tilled with a hoe, for fear of the thorns and briers. Those hills will be places for oxen to graze and for sheep to trample. American Standard Version And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep. Contemporary English Version The hills where you once planted crops will be overgrown with thorns and thistles. You will be afraid to go there, and your cattle, sheep, and goats will be turned loose on those hills. English Revised Version And all the hills that were digged with the mattock; thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns, but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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." Good News Translation All the hills where crops were once planted will be so overgrown with thorns that no one will go there. It will be a place where cattle and sheep graze." International Standard Version As for all the hills that used to be cultivated with a hoe, you won't go there, because you'll fear iron briars and thorns. Nevertheless, those hills will be reserved as a pasture where cattle will feed and where sheep will graze." Majority Standard Bible For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample. NET Bible They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them. New Heart English Bible All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep." Webster's Bible Translation And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. World English Bible All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for sheep to tread on.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd all the hills that are kept in order with a mattock, "" There does not come [for] fear of brier and thorn, "" And it has been for the sending forth of ox, "" And for the treading of sheep! Young's Literal Translation And all the hills that with a mattock are kept in order, Thither cometh not the fear of brier and thorn, And it hath been for the sending forth of ox, And for the treading of sheep!' Smith's Literal Translation And all the mountains which shall be dressed with the hoe, the fear of sharp points and thorns shall not come there: and it was for the sending forth of the ox and for the treading of sheep. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd as for all the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon. Catholic Public Domain Version But as for all the mountains, which will be dug with a hoe, the terror of thorns and briers will not approach those places. And there will be pasture land for oxen, and a range for cattle.” New American Bible But as for all the hills which were hoed with a mattock, for fear of briers and thorns you will not go there; they shall become a place for cattle to roam and sheep to trample. New Revised Standard Version and as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd on all the hills that once were ploughed with a plough, you shall not go for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall become pasture for cattle and for the treading of sheep. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all the mountains were ploughed with a plow, and the fear of thickets and of thorns shall not enter there, and it will be a place of grazing for oxen and a place of treading for sheep OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns, but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep. Brenton Septuagint Translation And every mountain shall be certainly ploughed: there shall no fear come thither: for there shall be from among the barren ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment to Come…24Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. 25For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample. Cross References Isaiah 5:6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” Isaiah 32:13-14 and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. / For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks— Micah 3:12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge. Jeremiah 4:26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger. Jeremiah 12:10-11 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. / They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart. Hosea 10:8 The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” Zephaniah 1:13 Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine. 2 Kings 19:29 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 2 Chronicles 36:21 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. Leviticus 26:33-35 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste. / Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. / As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it. Deuteronomy 28:23-24 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. / The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. Psalm 107:34 and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. Matthew 21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered. Luke 13:6-9 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ... Mark 11:13-14 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs. / Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement. Treasury of Scripture And on all hills that shall be dig with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. but it Isaiah 7:21,22 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; … Isaiah 13:20-22 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there… Isaiah 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. Jump to Previous Blackberries Briars Brier Briers Cattle Cultivated Digged Dug Fear Forth Hills Hoe Hoed Kept Lesser Mattock Mountains Once Order Ox Oxen Pasturing Places Sending Sheep Spade Thither Thorn Thorns Trample Tread Treading Turned Used WorkedJump to Next Blackberries Briars Brier Briers Cattle Cultivated Digged Dug Fear Forth Hills Hoe Hoed Kept Lesser Mattock Mountains Once Order Ox Oxen Pasturing Places Sending Sheep Spade Thither Thorn Thorns Trample Tread Treading Turned Used WorkedIsaiah 7 1. Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah10. Ahaz, having liberty to choose a sign, and refusing it, has for a sign, Christ promised 17. His judgment is prophesied to come by Assyria And as for all the hills The phrase "all the hills" refers to the elevated lands that were once productive and fertile. In the Hebrew context, hills often symbolize places of strength and prosperity. Historically, these hills were cultivated and provided sustenance. The mention of "all" emphasizes the totality of the transformation that is to occur, indicating a widespread change affecting the entire landscape. once cultivated with the hoe you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns they will become places for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For fearיִרְאַ֖ת (yir·’aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence of the thorns וָשָׁ֑יִת (wā·šā·yiṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7898: Scrub, trash, wild growth of weeds, briers and briers, שָׁמִ֣יר (šā·mîr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8068: A thorn, a gem, the diamond you will no longer לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no traverse תָב֣וֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the hills הֶהָרִ֗ים (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country once tilled יֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּן (yê·‘ā·ḏê·rūn) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 5737: To arrange as a battle, a vineyard, to muster, to miss by the hoe; בַּמַּעְדֵּר֙ (bam·ma‘·dêr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4576: A, hoe they will become וְהָיָה֙ (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be [places] for oxen שׁ֔וֹר (šō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) to graze לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח (lə·miš·laḥ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4916: A sending out, presentation, seizure and sheep שֶֽׂה׃ (śeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7716: A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat to trample. וּלְמִרְמַ֖ס (ū·lə·mir·mas) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4823: Trampling place, trampling Links Isaiah 7:25 NIVIsaiah 7:25 NLT Isaiah 7:25 ESV Isaiah 7:25 NASB Isaiah 7:25 KJV Isaiah 7:25 BibleApps.com Isaiah 7:25 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 7:25 Chinese Bible Isaiah 7:25 French Bible Isaiah 7:25 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 7:25 All the hills that were cultivated (Isa Isi Is) |