Isaiah 17:10

Because thou didst forget the God of thy salvation, And thy Rock of refuge, thou didst not remember, For this cause, shalt thou plant very pleasant plants, And, the slip of a stranger, shalt thou set:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

9In that day, shall his fortified cities become Like a neglected bough and a topmost branch, Which they neglected because of the sons of Israel,—So shall there be desolation.

11In the day when thou plantest, fence thou in, And in the morning, cause thou, thy slip, to blossom,—A harvest will have waved in the day of destiny, and mortal pain.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16I also, will do this unto you—I will set over you, for terror, consumption and fever, Causing the eyes to fail and the soul to pine away,—And ye shall sow, in vain, your seed, for it shall be eaten by your foes.

Deuteronomy 6:12take heed unto thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh,—who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants.

Deuteronomy 8:14and so thy heart be lifted up,—and thou forget Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants;

Deuteronomy 28:30A wife, shalt thou betroth, and, another man shall lie with her. A house, shalt thou build, and shalt not dwell therein,—A vineyard, shalt thou plant, and shalt not throw it open;

Deuteronomy 32:4A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just, A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he!

Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock who had begotten thee, thou wast unmindful,—And didst forget GOD who had given thee birth.

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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