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Isaiah 17:11

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:

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.

12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
ASV
In the day of thy planting thou hedgest it in, and in the morning thou makest thy seed to blossom; but the harvest fleeth away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
DARBY
in the day of thy planting wilt thou make [them] to grow, and on the morrow wilt thou make thy seed to flourish; [but] the harvest will flee in the day of taking possession, and the sorrow will be incurable.
BLB
on the day you plant you make [it] grow, and in the morning of your sowing, you make [it] sprout; the harvest will flee on the day of the coming of sickness and pain [that] cannot be cured.
ÅB
På den dag du planter, gjerder du om dem, og om morgenen får du din plantning til å blomstre; men avlingen blir borte på sykdommens dag, og smerten er ulegelig.
OTB
selv om du på dagen du planter dem, får dem til å vokse, og om morgenen får ditt frø til å blomstre, skal likevel høsten bli ingenting på sykdommens dag og uhelbredelig smerte.
B1930
På den dag du planter, gjerder du om dem, og om morgenen får du din plantning til å blomstre; men avlingen blir borte på sykdommens dag, og smerten er ulægelig.

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Cross references

  • Hosea 8:7

    For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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  • Job 4:8

    Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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  • Isaiah 65:13–14

    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

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  • Galatians 6:7–8

    Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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  • Hosea 10:12–15

    Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

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  • Matthew 8:11–12

    And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

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  • Psalms 90:6

    In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

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