Isaiah 27:9

So in this way, the iniquity of Jacob will be atoned for, for this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: 1 when he will make all the altar stones as chalk and crushed to pieces, 1 and no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing. 1

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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 exact measure you have contended, sending Jacob and Israel away; he drove them away with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. + 27:8 Instead of In exact measure , many modern versions have an idea similar to By driving them away . 1

10For the fortified city is desolate, the habitation is deserted and forsaken like the wilderness. 1 There a calf feeds, and there he lies down and consumes its branches. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 34:13Instead, you must break down their altars, smash their stone pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.

2 Kings 25:9He burned the house of Yahweh, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; also every important building in the city he burned.

2 Chronicles 14:5Also he took away the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under him.

2 Chronicles 36:19They burned down the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all the beautiful things in it.

Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray, 1 but now I observe your word. 1

Proverbs 20:30Blows that make a wound cleanse away evil 1 and beatings make the innermost parts clean.

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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