Isaiah 18:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 18:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 18:5 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 18:5 — KJV
“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.”
— Isaiah 18:5 (KJV)
Isaiah 18:5 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 18:5
“He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: aloud: Chaldee, with might”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 18:5: cut, off, away
“And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. rock: Heb. strong place in the ordered...: or, in an orderly manner”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 18:5: cut, off, take
“Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 18:5: cut, off, take
“Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 18:5: cut, off, take
“And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 18:5: both, off, take
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