Isaiah 18:5-6

18:5 For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted,

and the ripening fruit appears, ¹ 

he will cut off the unproductive shoots ²  with pruning knives;

he will prune the tendrils. ³ 

18:6 They will all be left ⁴  for the birds of the hills

and the wild animals; ⁵ 

the birds will eat them during the summer,

and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.

[18:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and the unripe, ripening fruit is maturing.”

[18:5]  ² tn On the meaning of זַלְזַל (zalzal, “shoot [of the vine] without fruit buds”) see HALOT 272 s.v. *זַלְזַל.

[18:5]  ³ tn Heb “the tendrils he will remove, he will cut off.”

[18:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “they will be left together” (so NASB).

[18:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “the beasts of the earth” (so KJV, NASB).