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Isaiah · Chapter 7

Isaiah 7:23

It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, will be for briers and thorns.

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Before · Isaiah 7:21–22

21It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep. 22It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter, for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left within the land.

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

After · Isaiah 7:24–25

24People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns. 25All 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.”

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  • FootnoteA shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or 22 pounds.

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