Isaiah 17:10
8 They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
11 though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout— yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
12 Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
- ASV
- For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.
- DARBY
- For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plantations, and shalt set them with foreign slips:
- BLB
- For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and the Rock of your refuge you have not remembered. Upon thus you may plant plants of pleasantness, and you may sow vines of a stranger,
- ÅB
- For du glemte din frelses Gud, og din styrkes klippe kom du ikke i hu; derfor planter du herlige haver og setter fremmede ranker i dem.
- OTB
- For du har glemt din frelses Gud og har ikke husket din tilflukts Klippe. Derfor, selv om du planter de fineste planter og setter dem med importerte vinskudd,
- B1930
- For du glemte din frelses Gud, og din styrkes klippe kom du ikke i hu; derfor planter du herlige haver og setter fremmede ranker i dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 2:32
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:4
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
Read in contextPsalms 106:21
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:18
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Read in contextHosea 13:6–7
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:13
But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
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