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Isaiah 17:7-11
New International Version
Isaiah 17:7-11
New International Version
7 In that day(A) people will look(B) to their Maker(C)
and turn their eyes to the Holy One(D) of Israel.
8 They will not look to the altars,(E)
the work of their hands,(F)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a](G)
and the incense altars their fingers(H) have made.
9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(I) And all will be desolation.
10 You have forgotten(J) God your Savior;(K)
you have not remembered the Rock,(L) your fortress.(M)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,(N)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning(O) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(P) will be as nothing(Q)
in the day of disease and incurable(R) pain.(S)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
Isaiah 17:7-11
King James Version
Isaiah 17:7-11
King James Version
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
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Isaiah 17:7-11
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 17:7-11
New American Standard Bible
7 On that day man will (A)look to his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
8 And he will not look to the (B)altars, the work of his hands,
Nor will he look to that which his (C)fingers have made,
Even the [a](D)Asherim and incense altars.
9 On that day [b]their strong cities will be like [c]abandoned places in the forest,
Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel;
And [d]the land will be a desolation.
10 For (E)you have forgotten the (F)God of your salvation
And have not remembered the (G)rock of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine shoots of a strange god.
11 On the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the (H)morning you bring your seed to blossom;
But the harvest will (I)flee
On a day of illness and incurable pain.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:8 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- Isaiah 17:9 Lit his; i.e., mankind’s
- Isaiah 17:9 LXX the deserted places of the Amorites and the Hivites which they abandoned
- Isaiah 17:9 Lit it
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