Isaiah 17:4

And in that day it shall come to pass, 1 that the kavod Ya'akov shall fade, 1 and the fatness of his basar shall waste away. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

In Context

3The fortified city also shall cease from Ephrayim, 1 and the mamlechah from Damascus, 1 and the remnant of Aram (Syria); 1 they shall be like the kavod Bnei Yisroel, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

5And it shall be as when the katzir (reaper, harvester) gathereth the standing grain, 1 and reapeth the heads of grain with his zero'a; 1 and it shall be as when one gleans heads of grain 1 in the Emek Repha'im. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser Melech Ashur; and Hoshea became his eved (vassal) and paid him minchah (tribute).

Isaiah 9:8And all HaAm shall know it, 1 even Ephrayim and the inhabitant of Shomron, 1 that say in the ga'avah (pride) and haughtiness levav (of heart), 1

Isaiah 10:4Without Me they shall bow down under the prisoners, 1 and they shall fall under the slain. 1 For all this His anger is not turned away, 1 but His yad is upraised still. 1

Isaiah 24:13When thus it shall be in the midst of HaAretz 1 among the nations, there shall be as the shaking of a zayit (olive tree), 1 and as the olelot (gleanings) when the grape harvest is done. 1

Ezekiel 34:20Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem unto them; Hineni, I, even I, will act as shofet between the seh biryah (fat lamb) and between the seh razah (emaciated lamb).

Zephaniah 2:11Hashem will be terrible unto them; 1 for He will reduce to nothing all the elohei ha'aretz (g-ds of the land); 1 and men shall worship Hashem, everyone from his place, 1 even all the coasts and islands of the Goyim. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:2-6

The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob… Read the whole commentary →

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