EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Isaiah 17:4
4‘At that time, Israel will no longer be great. It will be like a rich, fat person who becomes weak and hungry.
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
2Nobody lives in the cities of Aroer. Sheep and goats can safely go there to eat. They can lie down there and nobody will chase them away. 3There will be no strong cities in Ephraim. No king will rule in Damascus. The few people who remain in Syria are no longer great, like Israel's people!’ That is what the Lord Almighty says. ‘At that time, Israel will no longer be great. It will be like a rich, fat person who becomes weak and hungry. 5Israel will be like a field of grain in Rephaim valley after the harvest. The workers have cut down the crops. They have picked up the grain from the ground. 6There will be only a few people that remain in Israel. They will be like a few olives that remain on a tree after the harvest. Perhaps two or three olives are still there on the highest branches. Four or five olives may remain on the other branches.’ That is what the Lord God of Israel says.
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וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִדַּ֖ל כְּב֣וֹד יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּמִשְׁמַ֥ן בְּשָׂר֖וֹ יֵרָזֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 17:4
- Isaiah 9:8The Lord God has spoken a message to warn Jacob's descendants, the kingdom of Israel.
- Isaiah 10:4You will have to join the people who are in prison. Or you will die with those that the enemy kills in war. But the Lord is still angry. His hand is ready to hit his people again.
- Isaiah 10:16So the Lord, the Almighty Lord, will punish Assyria's soldiers. They are now fat and healthy, but they will become thin! It will be like a fire that burns them, with all their proud strength.
- Isaiah 24:13This is what will happen among all the nations on the earth. Only a few people will remain, like a few olives that remain on a tree after the harvest. After people have picked the grapes off a vine, there are only a few that remain.
- Deuteronomy 32:15The Israelites became rich and fat. They turned against God. They were full of good food, but they turned away from God. He was the one who made them. He was the strong Rock who kept them safe. But they no longer respected him.
- Ezekiel 34:20So this is what I, the Almighty Lord, say to the sheep: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the thin sheep.
- Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will make them afraid. He will destroy all the false gods. People will worship him instead. Every person, in his own place, will worship God. They will also worship him in the places where the people now believe in false gods.
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
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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
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