Isaiah 17:8
And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not — the shrines and the images.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7In that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look,
Cross References
Exodus 34:13for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;
2 Chronicles 31:1And at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrines, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities.
2 Chronicles 34:6and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their tools, round about.
Isaiah 2:8And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,
Isaiah 27:9Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this [is] all the fruit — To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not — shrines and images.
Isaiah 31:6Turn back to Him from whom sons of Israel Have deepened apostasy.
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 →