KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 7:25
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.
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BSB 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.
WEB 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 forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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!’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 7
22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall [even] be for briers and thorns.
24 With arrows and with bows shall [men] come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
25 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְכֹ֣לH3605 · kolallהֶהָרִ֗יםH2022 · harmountain: mountאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichבַּמַּעְדֵּר֙H4576 · ma.derhoeיֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּןH5737 · a.darto helpלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotתָב֣וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeשָׁ֔מָּהH8033 · shamthereיִרְאַ֖תH3374 · yir.ahfearשָׁמִ֣ירH8068 · sha.mirthornוָשָׁ֑יִתH7898 · sha.yitthornbushוְהָיָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beלְמִשְׁלַ֣חH4916 · mish.lachsendingשׁ֔וֹרH7794 · shorcattleוּלְמִרְמַ֖סH4823 · mir.mastramplingשֶֽׂה׃ פH7716 · sehsheep
Cross-references
Isaiah 7:21-22And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;Isaiah 13:20-22It 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 17:2The cities of Aroer [are] forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make [them] afraid.Zephaniah 2:6And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.Isaiah 5:17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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