11 Then I said, “Lord, (A)how long?” And He answered,

“Until (B)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,

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11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(A)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,(D)

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21 Now on that day a person may keep alive only a (A)heifer and a pair of sheep; 22 and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat [a]curds, for everyone who is left within the land will eat [b](B)curds and honey.

23 And it will come about on that day, (C)that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become (D)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 plow, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for [c](E)pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

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  1. Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
  2. Isaiah 7:22 Possibly butter
  3. Isaiah 7:25 Lit pastureland of

21 In that day,(A) a person will keep alive a young cow and two goats.(B) 22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds(C) and honey.(D) 23 In that day,(E) in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,[a](F) there will be only briers and thorns.(G) 24 Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers(H) and thorns. 25 As for all the hills(I) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(J) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(K)

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  1. Isaiah 7:23 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms

10 For the fortified city is (A)isolated,
A [a]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
(B)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [b]feed on its branches.

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  1. Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
  2. Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume

10 The fortified city stands desolate,(A)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(B) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(C)
    there they lie down;(D)
    they strip its branches bare.

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18 I will open (A)rivers on the bare heights,
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make (B)the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land fountains of water.

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18 I will make rivers flow(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(B) into pools of water,(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.(D)

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12 For you will go out with (A)joy
And be led in (B)peace;
The (C)mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you,
And all the (D)trees of the field will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the (E)thorn bush, the (F)juniper will come up,
And instead of the (G)stinging nettle, the myrtle will come up;
And [a]it will be a [b](H)memorial to the Lord,
An everlasting (I)sign which (J)will not be eliminated.”

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  1. Isaiah 55:13 I.e., the transformation of the desert
  2. Isaiah 55:13 Lit name

12 You will go out in joy(A)
    and be led forth in peace;(B)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song(C) before you,
and all the trees(D) of the field
    will clap their hands.(E)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers(F) the myrtle(G) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(H)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

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