Isaiah 27:9

So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.

10For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled living-place; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:13But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:

2 Kings 25:9And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire;

2 Chronicles 14:5And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

2 Chronicles 36:19And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

Psalms 119:67Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

Proverbs 20:30By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:8-13

Correction and Compassion. ( b. c. 718.) 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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