Isaiah 7:24

“With arrows and with bow one will go there, for all the land will be briers and thorns.”

Isaiah 7:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

24

Isaiah 7:24, word by word

With arrowsחִצִּיםchitsim

arrow

Arrow. It is a less common form of the ordinary word for "arrow" (chets).

Where else “chitsim” appears
and with bowקֶּשֶׁתkeshet

bow

A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.

Where else “keshet” appears
one will goיָבוֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “yavo” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
will beתִּהְיֶהtihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tihye” appears
briersשָׁמִירshamir

brier

Thorny plants on abandoned land.

Where else “shamir” appears
and thornsשַׁיִתshayit

thornbush, brush

Thornbushes, wild brush: the weeds that grow on neglected land.

Where else “shayit” appears

The context

23And it will happen on that day that every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand pieces of silver will become briers and thorns.

24 · This verse (above)

25And all the mountains that used to be hoed with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; and it will become a place for letting loose oxen and for trampling by sheep.

Read all of Isaiah 7

How to use it