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He will snip off and discard your spreading branches. <a href="/esv/isaiah/18.htm">English Standard Version</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/18.htm">King James Bible</a> For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/18.htm">New King James Version</a> For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect And the sour grape is ripening in the flower, He will both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks And take away and cut down the branches. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with pruning knives, And remove and tear away the spreading branches. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/18.htm">NASB 1995</a> For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches. <a href="/amp/isaiah/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over And the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives, And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches. <a href="/csb/isaiah/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over and the blossom becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife, and tear away and remove the branches. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the blossoming is over and the blossom becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife, and tear away and remove the branches. <a href="/asv/isaiah/18.htm">American Standard Version</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down. <a href="/cev/isaiah/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Before the blossoms can turn into grapes, God will cut off the sprouts and hack off the branches. <a href="/erv/isaiah/18.htm">English Revised Version</a> For afore the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he shall cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches shall he take away and cut down. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Before the harvest, when blossoms are gone and grapes are ripening from blossoms, he will cut off the shoots with pruning shears and chop off the spreading branches. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/18.htm">Good News Translation</a> Before the grapes are gathered, when the blossoms have all fallen and the grapes are ripening, the enemy will destroy the Ethiopians as easily as a knife cuts branches from a vine. <a href="/isv/isaiah/18.htm">International Standard Version</a> For before the harvest, when the season of budding is over, and sour grapes ripen into mature grapes, he cuts off the shoots with pruning knives, clearing away the spreading branches as he lops them off. <a href="/msb/isaiah/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches. <a href="/net/isaiah/18.htm">NET Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. <a href="/web/isaiah/18.htm">World English Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, "" And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, "" Then [One] has cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, "" And the branches He has turned aside, cut down. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath one cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down. <a href="/slt/isaiah/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For before the harvest, when the flower was completed, and the sour grape shall be ripening in the flower, and he cut off the shoots with pruning-hooks, and cutting off he took away the tendrils.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For before the harvest it was all flourishing, and it shall bud without perfect ripeness, and the sprigs thereof shall be cut off with pruning hooks: and what is left shall be cut away and shaken out. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For before the harvest, all was flourishing. And it will spring forth with an untimely completion, and its little branches will be pruned with a curved blade. And what is left over will be cut away and shaken off. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/18.htm">New American Bible</a> Before the vintage, when the flowering has ended, and the blooms are succeeded by ripening grapes, Then comes the cutting of branches with pruning hooks, and the discarding of the lopped-off shoots. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he will hew away.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For before the harvest, when the bud has perished and the grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the lean shoots with pruning hooks and take away and shake off the branches. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because before the harvest the fruit is perfect, and the blossom is weaned and there will be a flower, and he will cut off the worthless with a sickle, and he shall remove and shall shake shoots<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, And the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, And the shoots will He take away and lop off. <a href="/sep/isaiah/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning-hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off; <a href="/parallel/isaiah/18-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=3770" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/18.htm">A Message to Cush</a> …4For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” 5<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/7105.htm" title="7105: qā·ṣîr (N-ms) -- From qatsar; severed, i.e. Harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb.">the harvest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6525.htm" title="6525: pe·raḥ (N-ms) -- A bud, sprout. From parach; a calyx; generally, bloom.">when the blossom</a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: kə·ṯām- (Prep-k:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">is gone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5328.htm" title="5328: niṣ·ṣāh (N-fs) -- A blossom. Feminine of nets; a blossom.">and the flower</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">becomes</a> <a href="/hebrew/1580.htm" title="1580: gō·mêl (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to treat a person, i.e. Benefit or requite; by implication, to ripen, i.e. to wean.">a ripening</a> <a href="/hebrew/1155.htm" title="1155: ū·ḇō·ser (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Unripe or sour grapes. From the same as becer.">grape,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·ḵā·raṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">He will cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/2150.htm" title="2150: haz·zal·zal·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Ten-drils. By reduplication from zalal; tremulous, i.e. A twig.">the shoots</a> <a href="/hebrew/4211.htm" title="4211: bam·maz·mê·rō·wṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fp) -- A pruning knife. From zamar; a pruning-knife.">with a pruning knife</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8456.htm" title="8456: hê·ṯaz (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To strike away. A primitive root; to lop off.">remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: hê·sîr (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">and discard</a> <a href="/hebrew/5189.htm" title="5189: han·nə·ṭî·šō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- A twig, tendril. From natash; a tendril.">the branches.</a> 6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-2</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. <a href="/matthew/13-30.htm">Matthew 13:30</a> Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’” <a href="/revelation/14-15.htm">Revelation 14:15</a> Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.” <a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7</a> Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. <a href="/mark/4-29.htm">Mark 4:29</a> And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.” <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Joel 3:13</a> Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great. <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Jeremiah 51:33</a> For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.” <a href="/hosea/6-11.htm">Hosea 6:11</a> Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity. <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1</a> Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave. <a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a> Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered. <a href="/luke/13-6.htm">Luke 13:6-9</a> Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ... <a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35</a> Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest. <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a> You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ... <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a> I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Jeremiah 5:17</a> They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.<a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Isaiah 17:11</a> In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.<a href="/songs/2-13.htm">Song of Solomon 2:13,15</a> The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away… <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Ezekiel 17:6-10</a> And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/129-6.htm">Afore</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Blossom</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-5.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/songs/7-12.htm">Flower</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/songs/7-12.htm">Grape</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-6.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-4.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-2.htm">Hew</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Hooks</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Lop</a> <a href="/songs/6-9.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Pruning</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Pruning-Hooks</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/job/20-14.htm">Sour</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/job/14-9.htm">Sprigs</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Time</a> <a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Wide-Stretching</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/33-22.htm">Afore</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Blossom</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Flower</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-10.htm">Getting</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">Grape</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-13.htm">Grapes</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-6.htm">Harvest</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Hew</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm">Hooks</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Lop</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/joel/3-10.htm">Pruning</a> <a href="/joel/3-10.htm">Pruning-Hooks</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-5.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-4.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Sour</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm">Spreading</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Sprigs</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Wide-Stretching</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 18</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/18-1.htm">God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/18-7.htm">An accession thereby shall be made to the church</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For before the harvest This phrase sets the timing of the prophecy, indicating a period before the full fruition of events. In biblical terms, the harvest often symbolizes judgment or the culmination of God's plans (<a href="/matthew/13-39.htm">Matthew 13:39</a>). Here, it suggests a divine intervention before the completion of a process, possibly referring to God's judgment or action against a nation or people.when the blossom is gone The imagery of a blossom suggests a time of potential and beauty that has passed. In the context of Israel and its neighbors, this could symbolize the fleeting nature of human glory and power. The blossom's passing indicates a transition from potential to the reality of judgment or change.and the flower becomes a ripening grape This transformation from flower to grape signifies the development and maturation of events or circumstances. In the Bible, grapes often symbolize abundance and blessing (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Deuteronomy 8:8</a>), but also judgment, as seen in the imagery of the winepress (<a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Revelation 14:19-20</a>). This dual symbolism reflects the potential for both blessing and judgment inherent in God's dealings with nations.He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife The act of cutting off shoots with a pruning knife suggests a deliberate and precise intervention. Pruning is a common biblical metaphor for God's corrective action (<a href="/john/15-2.htm">John 15:2</a>). It implies the removal of what is unproductive or harmful to promote health and growth, indicating God's sovereign control and the necessity of purification.and remove and discard the branches This final action of removing and discarding branches underscores the severity of God's judgment. In biblical symbolism, branches often represent people or nations (<a href="/ezekiel/15-6.htm">Ezekiel 15:6-8</a>). The removal and discarding signify a complete and irreversible judgment, reflecting the consequences of failing to align with God's purposes. This imagery is echoed in Jesus' teaching about the vine and branches (<a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a>), where unfruitful branches are cast away.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who delivered God's messages to the people of Judah and surrounding nations. His prophecies often included both immediate and future implications. 2. <a href="/topical/e/ethiopia.htm">Ethiopia (Cush)</a> The region indirectly addressed in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/18.htm">Isaiah 18</a>, representing distant nations. It symbolizes nations that are powerful yet subject to God's sovereignty. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_harvest.htm">The Harvest</a> A metaphorical event representing God's judgment and the timing of His actions. It signifies a period of divine intervention. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_pruning_knife.htm">The Pruning Knife</a> Symbolizes God's judgment and purification. It represents the removal of what is unfruitful or unnecessary. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_ripening_grape.htm">The Ripening Grape</a> Represents the potential for growth and fruition, indicating a time of readiness before divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_timing.htm">Divine Timing</a> God's actions are perfectly timed. Just as the pruning occurs before the harvest, we must trust in God's timing for His interventions in our lives. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_pruning.htm">Spiritual Pruning</a> God removes what is unfruitful in our lives to promote spiritual growth. We should welcome His discipline as a means to become more fruitful. <a href="/topical/r/readiness_for_harvest.htm">Readiness for Harvest</a> Like the ripening grape, we must be prepared for God's purposes. This involves spiritual maturity and readiness to be used by Him. <a href="/topical/s/sovereignty_of_god.htm">Sovereignty of God</a> The passage underscores God's control over nations and individuals. We should live with the awareness of His ultimate authority. <a href="/topical/f/fruitfulness_in_christ.htm">Fruitfulness in Christ</a> Our lives should bear fruit that reflects our relationship with Christ. This requires abiding in Him and allowing His Word to shape us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 18</a> <a href="/q/isaiah_18_5-6__any_record_of_sudden_ruin.htm">Isaiah 18:5–6: Is there any record of a sudden devastation matching the harvest metaphor described here? </a> <a href="/q/how_can_i_find_rest_from_my_burdens.htm">How should we care for widows according to scripture?</a> <a href="/q/why_stress_about_tomorrow_now.htm">Why did God's vineyard produce only wild grapes?</a> <a href="/q/is_amos_9_13's_prophecy_literal_or_symbolic.htm">Amos 9:13 - Is the prophecy of the plowman overtaking the reaper a literal farming impossibility, and does it conflict with more realistic agricultural references elsewhere in scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - For afore the harvest. God can rest thus tranquil, because he can step in at any time; and this he is about to do, before Assyria reaps her harvest. When the bud is perfect, etc.; rather, when the blossom is past, and the green grape is becoming a ripening bunch. He shall cut off (comp. <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33, 34</a>). The metaphor is slightly varied in this place, to suit the imagery of the preceding clause, where Assyria has been represented as a vine-stock. Formerly her "boughs" were to be "lopped;" now her "branches" and "sprigs" or "sprouts" are to be cut away with pruning-hooks. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/18-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction before לִפְנֵ֤י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the harvest, קָצִיר֙ (qā·ṣîr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7105.htm">Strong's 7105: </a> Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb when the blossom פֶּ֔רַח (pe·raḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6525.htm">Strong's 6525: </a> A calyx, bloom is gone כְּתָם־ (kə·ṯām-) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> To be complete or finished and the flower נִצָּ֑ה (niṣ·ṣāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5328.htm">Strong's 5328: </a> A blossom becomes יִֽהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be a ripening גֹּמֵ֖ל (gō·mêl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1580.htm">Strong's 1580: </a> To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen grape, וּבֹ֥סֶר (ū·ḇō·ser) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1155.htm">Strong's 1155: </a> Unripe or sour grapes He will cut off וְכָרַ֤ת (wə·ḵā·raṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the shoots הַזַּלְזַלִּים֙ (haz·zal·zal·lîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2150.htm">Strong's 2150: </a> Tremulous, a twig with a pruning knife, בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת (bam·maz·mê·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4211.htm">Strong's 4211: </a> A pruning knife and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case remove הֵתַֽז׃ (hê·ṯaz) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8456.htm">Strong's 8456: </a> To strike away and discard הֵסִ֥יר (hê·sîr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> To turn aside the branches. הַנְּטִישׁ֖וֹת (han·nə·ṭî·šō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5189.htm">Strong's 5189: </a> A twig, tendril <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/18-5.htm">Isaiah 18:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 18:5 For before the harvest when the blossom (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/18-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 18:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 18:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/18-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 18:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 18:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>