Isaiah 18:5 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 18:5

For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

BSB

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ASV

For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down.

KJV

For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For afore the harvest - This verse is evidently figurative, and the image is drawn from that which is commenced in the previous verse. There, God is represented as calmly regarding the plans of the people here referred to - as the sun shines serenely on the herb, or the dew falls on the grass. “That” figure supposes that they had “formed” plans, and that they were advancing to maturity, like a growing harvest, while God surveyed them without interposition.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

For - Before they receive the end of their hopes. When - When the bud or flower is turned into a grape, which gives hopes of good vintage. The branches - Instead of gathering the grapes, shall cut down the tree, and throw it into the fire.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
לִפְנֵ֤י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
קָצִיר֙	ka.Tzir	harvest	H7105 →
כְּתָם־	ke.tom-	when is finished	H8552 →
פֶּ֔רַח	Pe.rach	bud[s]	H6525 →
וּבֹ֥סֶר	u.Vo.ser	and unripe grape[s]	H1155 →
גֹּמֵ֖ל	go.Mel	ripening	H1580 →
יִֽהְיֶ֣ה	yih.Yeh	it will become	H1961 →
נִצָּ֑ה	ni.Tzah	blossom	H5328 →
וְכָרַ֤ת	ve.kha.Rat	and he will cut off	H3772 →
הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙	ha.zal.za.Lim	the shoots	H2150 →
בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת	ba.maz.me.Rot	with <the> pruning knives	H4211 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹת	ha.ne.ti.Shot	the tendrils	H5189 →
הֵסִ֥יר	he.Sir	he will remove	H5493 →
הֵתַֽז׃	he.Taz	he will cut away	H8456 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Song of Solomon 2:15
Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.
leads to
- Luke 13:32
  But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
- Song of Solomon 7:12
  Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.
- Psalms 80:13
  The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
- Ezekiel 13:4–16
  Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.
Through
Song of Solomon 2:13
The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:10
  My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
- Luke 13:6–7
  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.
- Isaiah 55:10–11
  For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Isaiah