Isaiah 17:8
6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
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.
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:
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
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Read in contextIsaiah 27:9
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:8
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Read in contextMicah 5:13–14
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
Read in contextHosea 10:1–2
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:6–7
And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
Read in contextExodus 34:13
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Read in contextIsaiah 2:18–21
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
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