King James Version
Isaiah 7:24 in the King James Version says “With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.”
Isaiah 7:24 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. the land: Heb. the midst of the land
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“With arrows”
H2671properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
“and with bows”
H7198a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“shall become briers”
H8068a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
“and thorns”
H7898scrub or trash, i.e., wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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