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And gleanings will be left over in it, as when an olive tree is beaten,[a]

two or three ripe olive berries in the top of a branch,
    four or five on its fruitful branches,”

declares[b] Yahweh, the God of Israel.

On that day, mankind will look to its maker,
    and its eyes will look to the holy one of Israel;
it will not look to the altars,
    the work of its hands,
and it will not see what its fingers made
    and the poles of Asherah worship and the incense altars.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:6 Literally “beating of an olive tree”
  2. Isaiah 17:6 Literally “declaration of”

Yet some gleanings will remain,(A)
    as when an olive tree is beaten,(B)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
    four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

In that day(C) people will look(D) to their Maker(E)
    and turn their eyes to the Holy One(F) of Israel.
They will not look to the altars,(G)
    the work of their hands,(H)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a](I)
    and the incense altars their fingers(J) have made.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah