And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
I will let it become completely ruined: no one will trim it or work the soil. Instead, weeds and thorns will grow everywhere. I will also command the clouds to stop raining on it.
God is describing how He will abandon His vineyard (representing Israel) to become overgrown and barren because of their unfaithfulness.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah was a prophet in the 8th century BC, speaking to the people of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline amid threats from Assyria. In this chapter, he uses the metaphor of a vineyard to represent God's chosen people, whom He had nurtured but who produced bad fruit through idolatry and injustice. As a result, God warns of judgment, symbolizing abandonment and desolation as seen in this verse.
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