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 abandoned; They will be for herds to lie down in, And there will be no one to frighten them. 3The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, And sovereignty from Damascus And the remnant of Aram; They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,” Declares the Lord of armies. Now on that day the glory of Jacob will fade, And the fatness of his flesh will become lean. 5It will be like the reaper gathering the standing grain, As his arm harvests the ears, Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain In the Valley of Rephaim. 6Yet gleanings will be left in it like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives on the topmost branch, Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree, 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

• Now on that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• fadeדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• the fatnessמִשְׁמָןmashmân · fatnessH4924
• of his fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• will becomeרָזָהrâzâh · be leanH7329

Cross-references for Isaiah 17:4

• Isaiah 9:8The Lord sends a message against Jacob, And it falls on Israel.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives Or fall among those killed. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord, the God of armies, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
• Isaiah 24:13For so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
• Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun became fat and kicked-- You have become fat, thick, and obstinate-- Then he abandoned God who made him, And rejected the Rock of his salvation.
• Ezekiel 34:20Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: “Behold, I, I Myself will also judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
• Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his 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