Isaiah 7 · Verse 23

Isaiah 7:23

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.
Isaiah 7:23, King James Version

Isaiah 7:23 in other translations

BSBAnd on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
WEBIt 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.
ASVAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, in that day, Every place where there are a thousand vines, At a thousand silverlings, Is for briers and for thorns.
DARBYAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver pieces, shall become briars and thorns:
BBEAnd it will be in that day that in every place where before there were a thousand vines valued at a thousand shekels of silver, there will be nothing but blackberries and thorns.
WebsterAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand pieces of silver, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

What does Isaiah 7:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. where there were, &c.--where up to that time there was so valuable a vineyard as to have in it a 1000 vines, worth a silverling (shekel, about 2s. 3d.; a large price) each, there shall be only briers (So 8:11). Vineyards are estimated by the number of the vines, and the goodness of the kind of vine. Judea admits of a high state of cultivation, and requires it, in order to be productive; its present barrenness is due to neglect.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 7:17-25

Let those who will not believe the promises of God, expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings; for who can resist or escape his judgments? The Lord shall sweep all away; and whomsoever he employs in any service for him, he will pay. All speaks a sad change of the face of that pleasant land. But what melancholy change is there, which sin will not make with a people? Agriculture would cease. Sorrows of every kind…

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Isaiah 7:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
יִֽהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beH1961
כָל\־khol-everyH3605
מָק֗וֹםma.KomplaceH4725
אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherwhereH834
יִֽהְיֶה\־yih.yeh-it wasH1961
שָּׁ֛םshamthereH8033
אֶ֥לֶף'E.lefa thousandH505
גֶּ֖פֶןGe.fenvine[s]H1612
בְּאֶ֣לֶףbe.'E.leffor a thousandH505
כָּ֑סֶףKa.sefsilverH3701
לַשָּׁמִ֥ירla.sha.Mir<into> the thorn[s]H8068
וְלַשַּׁ֖יִתve.la.Sha.yitand <into> the> bush[es]H7898
יִֽהְיֶֽה\׃Yih.Yehit will becomeH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 7:23

  • Isaiah 5:6

    And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  • Song of Solomon 8:11-12

    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal–hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

  • Matthew 21:33

    Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

  • Hebrews 6:8

    But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

  • Jeremiah 4:26

    I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

  • Isaiah 32:12-14

    They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a thousand vines.
So 8:11,12; Mt 21:33
be for briers.
5:6; 32:12-14; Jer 4:26; Heb 6:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

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.

  • Isaiah 7:23

    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.

  • Isaiah 7:24

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

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Isaiah 7:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Acontecerá también en aquel tiempo, que el lugar donde había mil vides que valían mil siclos de plata, será para los espinos y cardos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arrivera, en ce jour-là, que tout lieu où il y avait 1 000 ceps de 1 000 pièces d’argent, sera abandonné aux ronces et aux épines;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es wird geschehen an jenem Tage, daß jeder Ort, wo tausend Weinstöcke von tausend Silbersekel waren, zu Dornen und Disteln geworden sein wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et erit in die illa: omnis locus ubi fuerint mille vites, mille argenteis, in spinas et in vepres erunt.