Isaiah 7:25 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 7:25

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

Fourth, in the fear of their enemies, for they will tend the mountains and abandon the plains: and as for the hills: and all her cities shall be wastes (Jer 49:13), and: you endeavor to lay hold on the height of the hill (Jer 49:16).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It shall be left at large for oxen to run in and less cattle. See the effect of sin and the curse; it has made the earth a forest of thorns and thistles, except as it is forced into some order by the constant care and labour of man.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And on all hills ... - All the fertile places in the mountains that used to be cultivated with the spade. Vineyards were often planted on the sides of hills; and those places were among the most productive and fertile in the land; see Isa 5:1. The mattock - The spade; the garden hoe; or the weeding-hook. An instrument chiefly used, probably, in vineyards. There shall not come thither - There shall not be. The fear of briers and thorns - This does not make sense; or if it does, it is not a sense consistent with the connection.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכֹ֣ל	ve.Khol	and all	H3605 →
הֶהָרִ֗ים	he.ha.Rim	the hills	H2022 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בַּמַּעְדֵּר֙	ba.ma'.Der	with the hoe	H4576 →
יֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּן	ye.'A.de.Run	they were hoed !	H5737 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תָב֣וֹא	ta.Vo'	you will go	H935 →
שָׁ֔מָּה	Sha.mah	there <towards>	H8033 →
יִרְאַ֖ת	yir.'At	fear of	H3374 →
שָׁמִ֣יר	sha.Mir	thorn[s]	H8068 →
וָשָׁ֑יִת	va.Sha.yit	and bush[es]	H7898 →
וְהָיָה֙	ve.ha.Yah	and it will become	H1961 →
לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח	le.mish.Lach	<into> pastureland of	H4916 →
שׁ֔וֹר	Shor	ox[en]	H7794 →
וּלְמִרְמַ֖ס	u.le.mir.Mas	and <into> a trampling place of	H4823 →
שֶֽׂה׃ פ	Seh	sheep	H7716 →

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

The walk

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
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
leads to
- Ezekiel 25:5
  I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 2:36
  From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…
- Jeremiah 7:33
  The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
- Numbers 32:34
  And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
Through
Isaiah 5:17
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
leads to
- Zephaniah 2:6
  So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Zephaniah 2:14
  Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie…
- Psalms 73:7
  From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
- Amos 4:1–3
  Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah