Isaiah 7:23

New International Reader's Version

The land used to have vineyards with 1,000 vines worth 25 pounds of silver. But soon the whole land will be covered with thorns and bushes.

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

You will eat plants from the field, even though the ground produces thorns and prickly weeds.

Isaiah 32:10

You feel secure now. But in a little over a year you will tremble with fear. The grape harvest will fail. There won’t be any fruit.

Isaiah 5:10

A ten-acre vineyard will produce only six gallons of wine. 360 pounds of seeds will produce only 36 pounds of grain.”

Isaiah 5:6

I will turn my vineyard into a dry and empty desert. It will not be pruned or taken care of. Thorns and bushes will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Isaiah 7:24

Hunters will go there with bows and arrows. That’s because it will be covered with bushes and thorns.

Jeremiah 4:26

I looked. And the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were destroyed. The Lord had done all this because of his great anger.

Ezekiel 12:20

The towns where people live will be completely destroyed. The land will become a dry and empty desert. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

Hosea 2:12

I will destroy her vines and her fig trees. She said they were her pay from her lovers. I’ll make them like clumps of bushes and weeds. Wild animals will eat them up.

Hosea 9:6

Some of you will escape without being destroyed. But you will die in Egypt. Your bodies will be buried at Memphis. Weeds will cover your treasures of silver. Thorns will grow up in your tents.

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to another story. A man who owned some land planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it. He dug a pit for a winepress in it. He also built a lookout tower. He rented the vineyard out to some farmers. Then he moved to another place.

Hebrews 6:8

But other land produces only thorns and weeds. That land isn’t worth anything. It is in danger of coming under God’s curse. In the end, it will be burned.