Isaiah 18:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over and the blossom becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife, and tear away and remove the branches.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.

Song of Solomon 2:15

Catch the foxes for us   – the little foxes that ruin the vineyards – for our vineyards are in bloom.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker  will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

Isaiah 10:33

Look, the Lord God of Armies will chop off the branches with terrifying power, and the tall trees will be cut down, the high trees felled.