Isaiah 27:9

Through this experience Jacob's guilt will be forgiven. The removal of their sins will come to fruition when they take all the pagan altar stones and crush them to pieces like chalk—no Asherah poles or altars of incense will be left standing.

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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

8You dealt with them by sending them into exile, by banishing them. He drove them away with his powerful force, like when the east wind blows.

10The fortified city will be abandoned, its houses as empty and lonely as a desert. Cattle will graze and rest there, stripping bare the branches of its trees.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:13For you must tear down their altars, knock down their idolatrous pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles,

2 Kings 25:9He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 14:5He also took down the high places and the incense altars from all the towns of Judah. Under his rule the kingdom was at peace.

2 Chronicles 36:19Then the Babylonians burned down God's Temple and demolished Jerusalem's walls. They set fire to all the palaces and destroyed everything that had any value.

Psalms 119:67Previously I was suffering, wandering away from you, but now I do what you say.

Proverbs 20:30Wounds and blows clean away what's evil; beatings clean what's deep down inside.

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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