23 And it will come about in that day , that every place where e there used to be a thousand vines , valued at a thousand shekels of silver , will become briars and thorns . 24 People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns . 25 As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe , you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns ; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 7:23-25
Commentary on Isaiah 7:17-25
(Read Isaiah 7:17-25)
Let those who will not believe the promises of God, expect to hear the alarms of his threatenings; for who can resist or escape his judgments? The Lord shall sweep all away; and whomsoever he employs in any service for him, he will pay. All speaks a sad change of the face of that pleasant land. But what melancholy change is there, which sin will not make with a people? Agriculture would cease. Sorrows of every kind will come upon all who neglect the great salvation. If we remain unfruitful under the means of grace, the Lord will say, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforth for ever.