Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed, and the impoverished will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root with hunger, and your remnant will be slain.
Isaiah 7:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [because of the desolation brought on by the invaders] in that day, a man will [be so poor that he will] keep alive only a young milk cow and two sheep. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep; Common English Bible On that day, one will raise a young cow and two sheep Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be in that day: a man will raise a cow among oxen, and two sheep, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it shall come to pass in that day that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep. |
Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed, and the impoverished will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root with hunger, and your remnant will be slain.
The cities of Aroer are abandoned; they will be places for flocks. They will lie down without fear.
For the fortified city will be desolate, pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower. ,
‘ “This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Lambs will graze as if in their own pastures, and resident foreigners will eat among the ruins of the rich.
You will not go to all the hills that were once tilled with a hoe, for fear of the thorns and briars. Those hills will be places for oxen to graze and for sheep to trample.
However, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.