Isaiah 17:10

Because thou hast forgotten the G-d of thy salvation, 1 and hast not been mindful of the Tzur of thy Ma'oz; 1 therefore shalt thou plant delightful plants, 1 and shalt set them with zemorat zar (foreign vines). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

9In that day shall their strong cities be like abandoned places in the choresh (thicket), or like branches they abandoned before the Bnei Yisroel; and there shall be desolation. 1

11In the day thou shalt set out thy plants to make them grow, 1 and in the boker shalt thou bring thy zera to blossom; 1 but the katzir (harvest) shall be a heap 1 in the day of sickness and of incurable pain. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you: I will even visit upon you terror, wasting disease, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and drain the nefesh: and ye shall sow your zera in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 6:12Then beware lest thou forget Hashem, which brought thee forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim.

Deuteronomy 8:14Then thine lev be lifted up, and thou forget Hashem Eloheicha which brought thee forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim;

Deuteronomy 28:30Thou shalt betroth an isha, and another ish shall lie with her; thou shalt build a bais, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a kerem, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Tzur, His po'al is tamim; 1 for all His ways are mishpat; 1 El Emunah and without avel (iniquity), 1 tzaddik and yashar is He. 1

Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Tzur that fathered thee thou art unmindful, 1 and hast forgotten El that formed thee. 1

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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