Isaiah 18:5

New English Translation

⁵For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted,
and the ripening fruit appears,^[a]
he will cut off the unproductive shoots^[b] with pruning knives;
he will prune the tendrils.^[c]

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Isaiah 18:5 tn Heb “and the unripe, ripening fruit is maturing.”
Isaiah 18:5 tn On the meaning of זַלְזַל (zalzal, “shoot [of the vine] without fruit buds”) see HALOT 272 s.v. *זַלְזַל.
Isaiah 18:5 tn Heb “the tendrils he will remove, he will cut off.”

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