Isaiah 17:8
And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands, nor shall they have respect for that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.
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Cross References
Exodus 34:13But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim,
2 Chronicles 31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin,
2 Chronicles 34:6And [so also] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about.
Isaiah 2:8Their land is also full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made,
Isaiah 27:9Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob shall be forgiven. And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten apart, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images s
Isaiah 31:6Turn ye to him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O sons of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:7-9
The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 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. 8 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.… Read the whole commentary →