Isaiah 7:25

And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hills	הֶהָרִ֗ים he.ha.Rim	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
digged	יֵעָ֣דֵר֔וּן ye.'A.de.Run	H5737	to arrange as a battle · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
mattock	בַּמַּעְדֵּר֙ ba.ma'.Der	H4576	a (weeding) hoe · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
thither	תָב֣וֹא ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
fear	יִרְאַ֖ת yir.'At	H3374	fear (also used as infinitive) · noun, common feminine singular construct
briers	שָׁמִ֣יר sha.Mir	H8068	a thorn · noun, common masculine singular absolute
thorns	וָשָׁ֑יִת va.Sha.yit	H7898	scrub or trash · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
forth	לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח le.mish.Lach	H4916	a sending out · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
oxen	שׁ֔וֹר Shor	H7794	a bullock (as a traveller) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
treading	וּלְמִרְמַ֖ס u.le.mir.Mas	H4823	abasement (the act or the thing) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
cattle	שֶֽׂה Seh	H7716	a member of a flock · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Isaiah 7:21-22 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;
Isaiah 13:20-22 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither…
Isaiah 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Zephaniah 2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:17–end

After the comfortable promises made to Ahaz as a branch of the house of David, here follow terrible threatenings against him, as a degenerate branch of that house; for though the loving-kindness of God shall not be utterly taken away, for the sake of David and the covenant made with him, yet his iniquity shall be chastened with the rod, and his sin with stripes. Let those that will not mix faith with the promises of God expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings. I. The judgment threatened is very great, Isa 7:17. It is very great, for it is general; it shall be brought upon the prince himself (high as he is, he shall not be out of the reach of it), and upon the people, the whole body of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 7:25

shall be--rather, "were once." digged--in order to plant and rear vines (Isa 5:6). there shall not come--that is, none shall come who fear thorns, seeing that thorns shall abound on all sides [MAURER]. Otherwise, "Thou shalt not come for fear of thorns" [GESENIUS]. Only cattle shall be able to penetrate the briery ground. lesser cattle--sheep and goats. The first seven verses of the ninth chapter belong to this section. The eighth chapter continues the subject of the seventh chapter, but at a later period (compare Isa 8:4 with Isa 7:16); implying that the interval till the accomplishment is shorter now than then. The tone of Isa 8:17, Isa 8:21-22, expresses calamity more immediate and…

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John Gill on Isaiah 7:25

And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock,.... Which could not be ploughed with a plough, but used to be dug with a mattock or spade, and then sowed with corn: there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; where thorns and briers used not to grow, and where there was no fear or danger of being overrun with them, as the vineyards in the valleys and champaign country; yet those places should become desolate in another way; or rather, there shall be now no fences made of briers and thorns, which deter cattle from entering into fields and vineyards thus fenced: but it shall be for the setting forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle; there being no fence…

Dictionary and topics

Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession…
Ahaz — Possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (2 Kings 16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28). He gave himself up to a life of wickedness and…
Brier — This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. (1.) Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered “thorn” (Heb.…
Cow — A cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Lev. 22:28; Ex. 23:19; Deut. 22:6, 7). The reason for this enactment is not given. A state of great poverty is described in the words of Isa.…
Mattock — (1.) Heb. ma’eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isa. 7:25); a weeding-hoe. (2.) Heb. mahareshah (1 Sam. 13:1), perhaps the ploughshare or coulter. (3.) Heb. herebh, marg. of text…
Pekah — Open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25). Seventeen…
Agriculture Or Husbandry · Implements of: The mattock — Implements of: The mattock
Ahaz · .Prophecies concerning — .Prophecies concerning
Assyria · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Mattock · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Ox, The · Was fed: On the hills — Was fed: On the hills

Isaiah 7:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 7:25

John Gill on Isaiah 7:25

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 7:25

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 7:25

John Gill on Isaiah 7:25

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 7:25–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 7:23–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 7:23-25

Rashi on Isaiah 7:25