Isaiah 18:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Before the vintage, when the flowering has ended, and the blooms are succeeded by ripening grapes, Then comes the cutting of branches with pruning hooks, and the discarding of the lopped-off shoots.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance. Arise, my friend, my beautiful one, and come!

Song of Solomon 2:15

W Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that damage the vineyards; for our vineyards are in bloom!

Isaiah 10:33

Now the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is about to lop off the boughs with terrible violence; The tall of stature shall be felled, and the lofty ones shall be brought low;

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs wither, they shall be broken off; and women shall come to kindle fires with them. For this is not an understanding people; therefore their maker shall not spare them; their creator shall not be gracious to them.