Isaiah 17:11

Isaiah 17:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
• New International Version (NIV)though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest will be as nothing in the day of disease and incurable pain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow, yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the day you will make your plant to grow, And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

Context of Isaiah 17:11

9In that day the strong cities of Aram and Israel will be like deserted places in the forest, Or like branches which they abandoned before the children of Israel; And the land will be a desolation. 10Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvation And have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold— Therefore you plant lovely plants And set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god, In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in, And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom; Yet [promising as it is] the harvest will be a heap [of ruins that passes away] In the day of sickness and incurable pain. 12Oh, the uproar of many peoples Who roar like the roaring of the seas, And the noise of nations Who roar like the rumbling of mighty waters! 13The nations roar on like the roaring of many waters, But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind, Or like whirling dust before the storm.

Isaiah 17:11 word by word

בְּי֤וֹם נִטְעֵךְ֙ תְּשַׂגְשֵׂ֔גִי וּבַבֹּ֖קֶר זַרְעֵ֣ךְ תַּפְרִ֑יחִי נֵ֥ד קָצִ֛יר בְּי֥וֹם נַחֲלָ֖ה וּכְאֵ֥ב אָנֽוּשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shalt thou make thy plantנֶ֫טַעneţa‛ · plantationH5194
• to growשׂוּגώûg · to growH7735
• and in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• shalt thou make thy seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• to flourishפָּרַחpârach · to sproutH6524
• the harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• a heapנֵדnêd · heapH5067
• of griefחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: grievedH2470
• and of desperateאָנַשׁ'ânash · be incurableH605
• sorrowכְּאֵבke'êb · painH3511

Cross-references for Isaiah 17:11

• Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over And the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs [without buds] with pruning knives, And [He will] remove and cut away the spreading branches.
• Job 4:8As I have seen, those who plow wickedness And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love [to have] it so! But what will you do when the end comes?
• Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind [in evil] And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster]. The standing grain has no growth; It yields no grain. If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.
• Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation as do the [pagan] peoples, For you have played the prostitute, turning away from your God. You have loved prostitutes’ earnings on every threshing floor [attributing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God].
• Hosea 10:12Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate]; Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing] Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.
• Joel 1:5Awake [from your intoxication], you drunkards, and weep; Wail, all you drinkers of wine, Because of the [fresh] sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth.
• Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.
• Isaiah 65:13Therefore, the Lord God says this, “Listen carefully, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry; Indeed, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; Indeed, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
• Matthew 8:11I say to you that many [Gentiles] will come from east and west, and will sit down [to feast at the table, and enjoy God’s promises] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven [because they accepted Me as Savior],
• Romans 2:5But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Commentaries on Isaiah 17:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11In the day … - Thou shalt cultivate it assiduously and constantly. Thou shalt be at special pains that it may be watered and pruned, in order that it may produce abundantly. And in the morning - With early care and attention - denoting the pains that would be bestowed on the young plant. The harvest shall be a heap - The margin reads this, the harvest shall be removed in the day of inheritance, rendering it as if the word נד nêd usually meaning a heap…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-11The vision shifts from Damascus (Isaiah 17:1–3) to Israel's northern kingdom. Damascus and Israel were allies against Judah, but Assyria later destroyed both.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. In the day ... thy plant--rather, "In the day of thy planting" [Horsley]. shalt ... make ... grow--Maurer translates, "Thou didst fence it," namely, the pleasure-ground. The parallel clause, "Make ... flourish," favors English Version. As soon as thou plantest, it grows. in the morning--that is, immediately after; so in Psa 90:14, the Hebrew, "in the morning," is translated "early." but ... shall be a heap--rather, "but (promising as was the prospect)…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 17:11

• Backsliders
• Church
• Famine
• Forgetting God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Rebuke
• Ruinous
• Rushing
• Despair
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Grief; Grieve
• Harvest
• Heap
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings