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“At that time[a]
Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished,[b]
and he will become skin and bones.[c]
It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest,
and his hand gleans the ear of grain.
It will be like one gathering the ears of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
There will be some left behind,
as when an olive tree is beaten—
two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top,
four or five on its fruitful branches,”
says the Lord God of Israel.
At that time[d] men will trust in their Creator;[e]
they will depend on[f] the Holy One of Israel.[g]
They will no longer trust in[h] the altars their hands made,
or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:4 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
  2. Isaiah 17:4 tn Heb “will be tiny.”
  3. Isaiah 17:4 tn Heb “and the fatness of his flesh will be made lean.”
  4. Isaiah 17:7 tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB, NIV); KJV “At that day.”
  5. Isaiah 17:7 tn Heb “man will gaze toward his maker.”
  6. Isaiah 17:7 tn Heb “his eyes will look toward.”
  7. Isaiah 17:7 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
  8. Isaiah 17:8 tn Heb “he will not gaze toward.”
  9. Isaiah 17:8 tn Heb “and that which his fingers made he will not see, the Asherah poles and the incense altars.”

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