Isaiah 27:9

⁷ Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?

⁸ By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

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.

¹⁰ For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

¹¹ When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherah poles and the incense altars shall rise no more.
ASV: Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
DARBY: By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces, the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand.
BLB: Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be wiped away, and this [is] all the fruit, to take away his sin: In His setting all the stones of the altar, as stones of chalk crushed to pieces; they will not rise—the Asherah poles and incense altars.

ÅB: Derfor blir Jakobs misgjerning utsonet, og det at hans synd blir tatt bort, gir full frukt, når alle altersteiner blir knust som kalksteiner, og Astartebilder og solstøtter ikke reiser seg mere.
OTB: Derfor, gjennom dette, skal Jakobs skyld sones, og dette skal være det fulle mål for fjerningen av hans synd: Når han gjør alle altersteinene som knust kritt, skal ingen Asjera-påler eller røkelsesalter stå igjen.
B1930: Derfor blir Jakobs misgjerning utsonet, og det at hans synd blir tatt bort, gir full frukt, når alle alterstener blir knust som kalkstener, og Astarte-billeder og solstøtter ikke reiser sig mere.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
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Romans 11:27
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
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Isaiah 17:8
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.
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Daniel 11:35
Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
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Zechariah 13:2
And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
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Ezekiel 24:11–14
Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
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Isaiah 2:12–21
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
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Ezra 3:2–3
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
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