Isaiah 17:8

Sin

⁶ Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

⁷ In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

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.

¹⁰ 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—

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.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
WEB: They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles or the incense altars.
ASV: And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.
DARBY: And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor have regard to what his fingers have made, neither the Asherahs nor the sun-images.
BLB: And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and that which his fingers have made he will not see—the Asherahs and incense altars.

ÅB: han skal ikke vende sitt blikk til de alter hans hender har gjort, og ikke se på det hans fingrer har laget, hverken på Astarte-støttene eller på solstøttene.
OTB: De skal ikke se til altrene, hendene deres verk, og de skal ikke akte på det fingrene deres har laget, verken Asjera-stolpene eller røkelsesaltrene.
B1930: han skal ikke vende sitt blikk til de alter hans hender har gjort, og ikke se på det hans fingrer har laget, hverken på Astarte-støttene eller på solstøttene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 30:22
So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
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Isaiah 27:9
Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
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Isaiah 2:8
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
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Micah 5:13–14
I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.
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Hosea 10:1–2
Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
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2 Chronicles 34:6–7
Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.
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Exodus 34:13
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
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Isaiah 2:18–21
and the idols will vanish completely.
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