Isaiah 7:24 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

People will come there with bows and arrows because the whole land will be overgrown with thorns and briars.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how the land will become so wild and dangerous that hunters will need weapons just to travel through it.

📚 Historical Context

Isaiah is prophesying about the coming destruction of Judah by foreign invaders, likely the Assyrians. The fertile farmland and vineyards would be abandoned and return to wild, thorny wilderness. What was once cultivated and productive would become so overgrown and dangerous that only hunters with weapons would venture there.

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