Isaiah 7:21-25

7:21 At that time ¹  a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats. 7:22 From the abundance of milk they produce, ²  he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey. 7:23 At that time ³  every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun ⁴  with thorns and briers. 7:24 With bow and arrow ⁵  men will hunt ⁶  there, for the whole land will be covered ⁷  with thorns and briers. 7:25 They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. ⁸  Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them. ⁹ 

[7:21]  ¹ tn Heb “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[7:22]  ² tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated, see note on 2:2.

[7:23]  ³ tn Heb “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[7:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “will become” (so NASB); NAB “shall be turned to.”

[7:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “with arrows and a bow.” The more common English idiom is “bow[s] and arrow[s].”

[7:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “go” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “go hunting.”

[7:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “will be” (so NASB, NRSV).

[7:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and all the hills which were hoed with a hoe, you will not go there [for] fear of the thorns and briers.”

[7:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “and it will become a pasture for cattle and a trampling place for sheep.”