Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 7:25
And on all hills ... - All the fertile places in the mountains that used to be cultivated with the spade. Vineyards were often planted on the sides of hills; and those places were among the most productive and fertile in the land; see Isaiah 5:1.The mattock - The spade; the garden hoe; or the weeding-hook. An instrument chiefly used, probably, in vineyards.There shall not come thither - There shall not be.The fear of briers and thorns - This does not make sense; or if it does, it is not a sense... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 7:24
With arrows and with bows ... - This is a continuation of the description of its desolation. So entirely would it be abandoned, so utterly desolate would it be, that it would become a vast hunting-ground. It would be covered with shrubs and trees that would afford a convenient covert for wild beasts; and would yield to its few inhabitants a subsistence, not by cultivation, but by the bow and the arrow. There can scarcely be a more striking description of utter desolation. But, perhaps, the long... read more