Isaiah 7:21
Good News Translation
"When that time comes, even if a farmer has been able to save only one young cow and two goats,

New Revised Standard Version
On that day one will keep alive a young cow and two sheep,

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who is able to save only one young cow and two sheep,

New American Bible
On that day a man shall keep alive a young cow or a couple of sheep,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.

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Isaiah 7:25 And as for the hills that shall be raked with a rake, the fear of thorns and briers shall not come thither, but they shall be for the ox to feed on, and the lesser cattle to tread upon.

Isaiah 5:17 And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.

Isaiah 17:2 The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.

Isaiah 37:30 But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Jeremiah 39:10 But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns at that time.

Context
Judgment to Come
20In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs of the feet, and the whole beard. 21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep.22And for the abundance of milk he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that shall be left in the midst of the land.…
Cross References
Isaiah 14:30
And the firstborn of the poor shall be fed, and the poor shall rest with confidence: and I will make thy root perish with famine, and I will kill thy remnant.

Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid.

Isaiah 27:10
For the strong city shall be desolate, the beautiful city shall be forsaken, and shall be left as a wilderness: there the calf shall feed, and there shall he lie down, and shall consume its branches.

Isaiah 35:1
The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.

Jeremiah 39:10
But Nabuzardan the general left some of the poor people that had nothing at all, in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns at that time.

Isaiah 7:20
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