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Isaiah 17:9

On 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

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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

10For 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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Cross References

Isaiah 6:11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, 1 “Until cities crash into ruins and are without inhabitants, 1 and the houses are without people, and the land falls into a desolate waste, 1

Isaiah 9:9All the people will know, even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and with an arrogant heart, 1

Isaiah 24:1Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants. 1

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud garland crown that is worn by each of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, 1 the garland that is set on the head of the lush Valley of those who are overcome with wine! 1

Hosea 13:15Though Ephraim is prosperous among his brothers, 1 an east wind will come; 1 the wind of Yahweh will blow in from the wilderness. 1 Ephraim's spring will dry up, 1 and his well will have no water. 1 His enemy will plunder his storehouse of every precious object. 1

Amos 7:9The high places of Isaac will be destroyed, 1 the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined, 1 and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

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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