Isaiah 17:4

Isaiah 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
• New International Version (NIV)“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade; the fat of his body will waste away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in that day the glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.

Context of Isaiah 17:4

2The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear. 3The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away, 5as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. 6Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten— two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 17:4 word by word

וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִדַּ֖ל כְּב֣וֹד יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּמִשְׁמַ֥ן בְּשָׂר֖וֹ יֵרָזֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Inהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the splendorכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• will fadeדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• and the fatמִשְׁמָןmashmân · fatnessH4924
• of his bodyבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• will waste awayרָזָהrâzâh · be leanH7329

Cross-references for Isaiah 17:4

• Isaiah 9:8The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
• Isaiah 24:13So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
• Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
• Ezekiel 34:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
• Zephaniah 2:11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

Commentaries on Isaiah 17:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4In that day - That is, says Kimchi, the time when the ten tribes of Israel, which were the glory of Jacob, should be carried into captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The glory of Jacob - “Jacob” is used here to denote the kingdom of Israel, or Samaria. The word glory‘ here denotes dignity, power; that on which they relied, and of which they boasted. Shall be made thin - Shall be diminished, as a body wastes away by disease, and becomes feeble. The prophet sets forth the calamities of Ephraim by two figures; the first is that of a “body” that becomes emaciated by sickness, the other that of the harvest when all the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4the splendor of Jacob will fade: God will judge all human pride. Israel, once strong, will become weak. The nation will waste away like a sick person.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. glory of Jacob--the kingdom of Ephraim and all that they rely on (Ho 12:2; Mi 1:5). fatness ... lean--(See on Is 10:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 17:4

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Jacob, Israel
• That Day
• Lot
• Rebuke
• Ruinous
• Rushing
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Fatness

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