Isaiah 7:23-24

7:23 At that time ¹  every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun ²  with thorns and briers. 7:24 With bow and arrow ³  men will hunt ⁴  there, for the whole land will be covered ⁵  with thorns and briers.

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¹ tn Heb “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

² tn Heb “will become” (so NASB); NAB “shall be turned to.”

³ tn Heb “with arrows and a bow.” The more common English idiom is “bow[s] and arrow[s].”

⁴ tn Heb “go” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “go hunting.”

⁵ tn Heb “will be” (so NASB, NRSV).