Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Isaiah 17:8

They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.

KJV

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.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יִשְׁעֶ֔הyish.'Ehhe will lookH8159 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַֽמִּזְבְּח֖וֹתha.miz.be.Chotthe altarsH4196 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639 →
יָדָ֑יוya.Davhands hisH3027 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֨רva.'a.Sherand [that] whichH834 →
עָשׂ֤וּ'a.Suthey have madeH6213 →
אֶצְבְּעֹתָיו֙'etz.be.'o.Tavfingers hisH676 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יִרְאֶ֔הyir.'Ehhe will seeH7200 →
וְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםve.ha.'a.she.Rimand the Asherah polesH842 →
וְהָחַמָּנִֽים׃ve.ha.cha.ma.Nimand the incense altarsH2553 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.Micah 5:13–14I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.Jeremiah 17:2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.Isaiah 44:19–20And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”2 Chronicles 34:6–7Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.Hosea 10:1–2Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.Hosea 13:1–2When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.Exodus 34:13Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.Isaiah 44:15It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.Hosea 14:8O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.Hosea 8:4–6They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.Zephaniah 1:3“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 31:6–7Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.2 Chronicles 34:4Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Isaiah: the study guide →Read chapter 17 →The featured study →
Continue: Isaiah 17 →