Isaiah 17:8-10
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
8 And they will not look to the [idolatrous] altars, the work of their hands, neither will they have respect for what their fingers have made—either the Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] or the sun-images.
9 In that day will their [Syria’s and Israel’s] strong cities be like the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountaintop, as they [the [a]Amorites and the Hivites] forsook their [cities] because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation.
10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation [O Judah] and have not been mindful of the Rock of your strength, your Stronghold—therefore, you have planted pleasant nursery grounds and plantings [to Adonis, pots of quickly withered flowers used to set by their doors or in the courts of temples], and have set [the grounds] with vine slips of a strange [God],
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- Isaiah 17:9 The Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament) so reads.
Isaiah 17:8-10
New International Version
8 They will not look to the altars,(A)
the work of their hands,(B)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[a](C)
and the incense altars their fingers(D) have made.
9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(E) And all will be desolation.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
Isaiah 17:8-10
New King James Version
8 He will not look to the altars,
The work of his hands;
He will not respect what his (A)fingers have made,
Nor the [a]wooden images nor the incense altars.
9 In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken [b]bough
And [c]an uppermost branch,
Which they left because of the children of Israel;
And there will be desolation.
10 Because you have forgotten (B)the God of your salvation,
And have not been mindful of the Rock of your [d]stronghold,
Therefore you will plant pleasant plants
And set out foreign seedlings;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 17:8 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Isaiah 17:9 LXX Hivites; Tg. laid waste; Vg. as the plows
- Isaiah 17:9 LXX Amorites; Tg. in ruins; Vg. corn
- Isaiah 17:10 refuge
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