But my poor people will be able to eat safely. Their children will be safe. My poor people will be able to lie down and feel safe. But I will kill your family with hunger. And all your people that are left will die.
Isaiah 7:21 - Easy To Read Version “At that time, a person will be able to keep only one young cow and two sheep alive. 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. |
But my poor people will be able to eat safely. Their children will be safe. My poor people will be able to lie down and feel safe. But I will kill your family with hunger. And all your people that are left will die.
People will leave the cities of Aroer. {\cf2\super [175]} \par Flocks of sheep will wander freely in those empty towns;\par There will be no person to bother them.\par
At that time, the great city will be empty—it will be like a desert. All the people will be gone—they will run away. That city will be like an open pasture. Young cattle will eat grass there. The cattle will eat leaves from the branches of the vines.
The dry desert will become very happy. The desert will be glad and will grow like a flower.
\{Then the Lord said to Hezekiah,\} “I will give you a sign to show you that these words are true. \{You were not be able to plant seeds.\} So this year you will eat grain that grew wild from last year’s crop. But in three years, you will eat grain that you planted. You will harvest those crops and you will have plenty to eat. You will plant grapevines and eat their fruit.
\{God will make the people of Israel leave their country; the land will be empty.\} Sheep will go any place they want. Lambs will walk on the land that rich people once owned.
People once worked and grew food on these hills. But at that time, people will not go there. The land will be filled with weeds and thorns. Only sheep and cattle will go to those places.”
But Nebuzaradan, the commander of the special guards, left some of the poor people of Judah behind. Those were the people that owned nothing. So on that day, Nebuzaradan gave those poor people of Judah vineyards and fields.