Isa 5:6, 7:23-24 | ESV | STEP | I will make it a waste ; it shall not be pruned or hoed , and briers and thorns shall grow up ; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 5:6

6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and ^abriers and thorns shall grow up;
^bI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 7:23-24

23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, will become ^dbriers and thorns. 24 ^eWith bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns.