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Now it will be in that day, that the (A)glory of Jacob will [a]wane,
And (B)the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
And it will be (C)even like the [b]reaper gathering the standing grain,
As his arm harvests the ears of grain,
Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain
In the (D)valley of Rephaim.
Yet (E)gleanings will remain in it like the [c]shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives on the topmost branch,
Four or five on the twigs of a fruitful tree,
Declares Yahweh, the God of Israel.
In that day man will (F)have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
He will not have regard for the (G)altars, the work of his hands,
Nor will he look to that which his (H)fingers have made,
Even the [d](I)Asherim and [e]incense stands.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:4 Lit become thin
  2. Isaiah 17:5 Lit gathering of the harvest, the standing grain
  3. Isaiah 17:6 Lit striking
  4. Isaiah 17:8 Wooden symbols of a female deity
  5. Isaiah 17:8 Or sun pillars

On that day
    the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
    and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.(A)
And it shall be as when reapers gather standing grain
    and their arms harvest the ears,
and as when one gleans the ears of grain
    in the Valley of Rephaim.(B)
Gleanings will be left in it,
    as when an olive tree is beaten—
two or three berries
    in the top of the highest bough,
four or five
    on the branches of a fruit tree,
            says the Lord God of Israel.(C)

On that day people will look to their Maker, with their eyes on the Holy One of Israel;(D) they will not have regard for the altars, the work of their hands, and they will not look to what their own fingers have made, either the sacred poles[a] or the altars of incense.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 17.8 Heb Asherahs