Isaiah 17:7

On that day men will look toward their Maker, and their eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. 1

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In The King James Version

At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

In Context

6Gleanings will be left, however, as when the olive tree is shaken: 1 two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the highest branches of a fruitful tree—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 1

8They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, nor will they look to what their fingers have made, the Asherah poles or the sun images. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:10So the couriers passed from city to city throughout the regions of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the way to Zebulun, but the people laughed at them and mocked them.

2 Chronicles 31:1Now when all this was finished, all the people of Israel who were there went out to the cities of Judah and broke to pieces the stone pillars and they cut down the Asherah poles, and they broke down the high places and the altars in all of Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned, every one to his own possession and his own city.

Isaiah 10:20On that day, the remnant of Israel, the family of Jacob that has escaped, will no longer rely on the one who defeated them, but will indeed depend on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel. 1

Isaiah 22:11You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. 1 But you did not consider the city's maker, who had planned it long ago. 1

Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, 1 and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness. 1

Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these words to the north. Say, 1 'Return, faithless Israel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not always be angry with you. 1 Since I am faithful—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not stay angry forever. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 17:7-9

The Doom of Syria and Israel. ( b. c. 712.) 6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel. 7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.… Read the whole commentary →

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