Isaiah 27:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 Does he strike him as he struck down those who struck him?[a]
Or is he killed as those who killed him were killed?[b]
8 By expelling[c] her, by her sending away, you argue with her.
He removed them with his strong wind,
in the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this he will make atonement for the guilt of Jacob,
and this will be all of the fruit of the removal of his sin:
when he makes[d] all the stones of the altar like crushed stones of chalk,
no poles of Asherah worship or incense altars will stand.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:7 Literally “like the striking of one striking him”
- Isaiah 27:7 Literally “like the killing of his killed ones”
- Isaiah 27:8 Meaning uncertain, derived from the following parallel expression
- Isaiah 27:9 Literally “in his setting”
Isaiah 27:7-9
New International Version
7 Has the Lord struck her
as he struck(A) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare[a] and exile(B) you contend with her—
with his fierce blast he drives her out,
as on a day the east wind(C) blows.
9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(D) for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(E)
When he makes all the altar stones(F)
to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[b](G) or incense altars(H)
will be left standing.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
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