Isaiah 27:7-11
English Standard Version
7 (A)Has he struck them (B)as he struck those who struck them?
Or have they been slain (C)as their slayers were slain?
8 (D)Measure by measure,[a] by exile you contended with them;
(E)he removed them with his fierce breath[b] in the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this (F)the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:[c]
(G)when he makes all the stones of the altars
like chalkstones crushed to pieces,
no (H)Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
10 (I)For the fortified city is solitary,
a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness;
there the calf grazes;
there it lies down and strips its branches.
11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
(J)For this is a people without discernment;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:8 Or By driving her away; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Isaiah 27:8 Or wind
- Isaiah 27:9 Septuagint and this is the blessing when I take away his sin
Isaiah 27:7-11
New International Version
7 Has the Lord struck her
as he struck(A) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[a] and exile(B) you contend with her—
with his fierce blast he drives her out,
as on a day the east wind(C) blows.
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(D) for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(E)
When he makes all the altar stones(F)
to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[b](G) or incense altars(H)
will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(I)
an abandoned settlement, forsaken(J) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(K)
there they lie down;(L)
they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(M)
and women come and make fires(N) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(O)
so their Maker has no compassion on them,
and their Creator(P) shows them no favor.(Q)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
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