Isaiah 7:23

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

Where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall (even) be for briers and thorns - where up to that time there was so valuable a vineyard as to have in it 1,000 vines, worth a silverling (shekel, about 2s. 3d.; a large price) each, there shall be only briers (). Vineyards are estimated by the number of the vines and the goodness of the kind of vine. Judea admits of a high state of cultivation, and requires it in order to be productive: its present barrenness is due to neglect.