Isaiah 27:9

Therefore the iniquity of Jacob is covered by this, || And this [is] all the fruit—To take away his sin, || In his setting all the stones of an altar, || As chalkstones beaten in pieces, || They do not rise—Asherim and images.

Literal Standard Version

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

8In measure, in sending it forth, you strive with it, || He has taken away by His sharp wind, || In the day of an east wind,

10For the fortified city [is] alone, || A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, || There the calf delights, || And there it lies down, || And has consumed its branches.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:13for you break down their altars, and you shatter their standing pillars, and you cut down its Asherim;

2 Kings 25:9and he burns the house of YHWH, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, indeed, he has burned every great house with fire;

2 Chronicles 14:5and he turns aside the high places and the images out of all cities of Judah, and the kingdom is quiet before him.

2 Chronicles 36:19And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and they have burned all its palaces with fire, and all its desirable vessels—to destruction.

Psalms 119:67Before I am afflicted, I am erring, || And now I have kept Your saying.

Proverbs 20:30Blows that wound cleanse away evil, || Also the scourges of the inner parts of the heart!

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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