Isaiah 17:11

In the day wherein you shall plant you shall be deceived; but if you sow in the morning, the seed shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein you shall obtain an inheritance, and as a man's father, you shall obtain an inheritance for your sons.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

In Context

10Because you have forsaken God your Saviour, and have not been mindful of the Lord your helper; therefore shall you plant a + 17:10 Gr. faithless false plant, and a false seed.

12Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall you⌃ be confounded; and the + 17:12 Gr. back; Complut. reads ἠχος, ‘noise’ force of many nations shall sound like water;

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Cross References

Job 4:8Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

Isaiah 18:5Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning-hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off;

Jeremiah 5:31the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will you⌃ do for the future.

Hosea 9:1Rejoice not, O Israel, neither make merry, as other nations: for you have gone a-whoring from your God; you have loved gifts upon every threshing floor.

Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light you⌃ for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:10-12

The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the… Read the whole commentary →

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