Therefore through this Jacob’s iniquity will be (A)forgiven;
And this will be [a]the full price of the [b](B)pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the (C)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When [c]Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
10 For the fortified city is (D)isolated,
A [d]homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert;
(E)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and [e]feed on its branches.
11 When its (F)limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of (G)discernment,
Therefore (H)their Maker (I)will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 Lit all the fruit
  2. Isaiah 27:9 Lit removing
  3. Isaiah 27:9 I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
  4. Isaiah 27:10 Lit pasture
  5. Isaiah 27:10 Lit consume

By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(F)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(G) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(H)
    there they lie down;(I)
    they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(J)
    and women come and make fires(K) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(L)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator(M) shows them no favor.(N)

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  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah