Isaiah 17:10

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have ignored the rock of your strength. 1 So you plant pleasant plants, and set out vine branches received from a stranger, 1

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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

9On that day their strong cities will be like the abandoned wooded slopes on the hill summits, 1 that were forsaken because of the people of Israel and that will become a desolation. 1

11on the day you plant and hedge and cultivate. Soon your seed will grow, 1 but the harvest will fail on a day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16—if you do these things, then I will do this to you: I will inflict terror on you, diseases and fever that will destroy the eyes and will drain away your life. You will plant your seeds for nothing, because your enemies will eat their produce.

Deuteronomy 6:12then be careful so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 8:14then your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 28:30You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will seize her and rape her. You will build a house but not live in it; you will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect; 1 for all his paths are just. 1 He is the faithful God, without iniquity. 1 He is just and upright. 1

Deuteronomy 32:18You have deserted the Rock, who became your father, 1 and you forgot the God who gave you birth. 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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