Isaiah 27:9

By this therefore shall kapporah be made for the avon Ya'akov; 1 and this is full fruitage to take away + 27:9 Yehudahʼs chattat; 1 when He maketh all the stones of the [heathen] mizbe'ach 1 like chalk stones crushed to pieces, 1 the Asherim poles and pagan incense altars 1 shall arise no more. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 the sending + 27:8 of Yehudah away, + 27:8 in the Golus Thou dost contend with her. 1 By His hard wind He removes her 1 in the Yom Kadim (day of the east wind). 1

10Yet the Ir Betzurah (fortified city) shall be desolate, 1 and the habitation forsaken, and left like a midbar; 1 there shall the egel graze, and there shall it lie down, 1 and strip bare the branches thereof. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 34:13But ye shall destroy their mizbechot, break their matzebot, and cut down their asherah (sacred trees, poles);

2 Kings 25:9And he set fire to the Beis Hashem, and the Bais HaMelech (the palace), and all the batim (houses) of Yerushalayim, and every bais hagadol he burned with eish. + 25:9 Tisha B'Av, see Jer 52:12

2 Chronicles 14:5And he built arei metzurah in Yehudah; for HaAretz was at peace, and he had no milchamah in those years, because Hashem had given him rest.

2 Chronicles 36:19And they burned the Beis HaElohim, and broke down the Chomat Yerushalayim, and burned all the palaces thereof with eish, and destroyed all its precious vessels. + 36:19 Tisha B'Av

Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray; 1 but now have I been shomer over Thy word. 1

Proverbs 20:30Blows that wound cleanseth away rah; 1 so do beatings the innermost beten.

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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