Isaiah 27:9

Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

Revised Version 1895

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 measure, when thou sendest her away, thou dost contend with her; he hath removed her with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

10For the defenced city is solitary, an habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

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Cross References

Exodus 34:13but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim:

2 Kings 25:9And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

2 Chronicles 14:5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

2 Chronicles 36:19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I observe thy word.

Proverbs 20:30Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: and strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly.

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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