Isaiah 5:6 “I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns…”

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

World English Bible

I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”

American Standard Version

and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.

Darby Translation

and I will make it a waste — it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Young's Literal Translation

And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.

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Cross references

“I will lay”

Jeremiah 25:11 Isaiah 24:1–3 Isaiah 24:12 Leviticus 26:33–35 Deuteronomy 29:23 2 Chronicles 36:19–21

Jeremiah 25:11 · BSB

And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Isaiah 24:1–3 · BSB

Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

Isaiah 24:12 · BSB

The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.

Leviticus 26:33–35 · BSB

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Deuteronomy 29:23 · BSB

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce an…

2 Chronicles 36:19–21 · BSB

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

“it shall”

Isaiah 7:23–25 Hosea 3:4

Isaiah 7:23–25 · BSB

And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.

Hosea 3:4 · BSB

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

“also”

Isaiah 30:23 Amos 4:7 Hebrews 6:6–8 Revelation 11:6 Deuteronomy 28:23 Deuteronomy 28:24

Isaiah 30:23 · BSB

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Amos 4:7 · BSB

“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Hebrews 6:6–8 · BSB

and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

Revelation 11:6 · BSB

These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

Deuteronomy 28:24 · BSB

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Also

1 Kings 17:1 Jeremiah 14:1 Jeremiah 14:22

1 Kings 17:1 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Jeremiah 14:1 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Jeremiah 14:22 · BSB

Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

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