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Isaiah 17:10
10You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines,
Isaiah 17:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you. You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you. So you may plant the finest grapevines and import the most expensive seedlings.
Context of Isaiah 17:10
8They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles and the incense altars their fingers have made. 9In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation. You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines, 11though 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. 12Woe to the many nations that rage— they rage like the raging sea! Woe to the peoples who roar— they roar like the roaring of great waters!
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כִּ֤י שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְ וְצ֥וּר מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְ לֹ֣א זָכָ֑רְתְּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן תִּטְּעִי֙ נִטְעֵ֣י נַעֲמָנִ֔ים וּזְמֹ֥רַת זָ֖ר תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Because thou hast forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
- the Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of thy salvationיֵ֫שַׁעyesha‛ yêsha‛ · salvationH3468
- and hast not been mindfulזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
- of the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
- of thy strengthמָעוֹזmâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz mâ‛ôz mâ‛ûz · securityH4581
- therefore shalt thou plantנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
- pleasantנַעֲמָןna‛ămân · pleasantnessH5282
- plantsנֶ֫טַעneţa‛ · plantationH5194
- and shalt setזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
- it with strangeזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
- slipsזְמוֹרָהzemôrâh zemôrâh zemôr · branchH2156
Cross-references for Isaiah 17:10
- Isaiah 51:13that you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
- Deuteronomy 6:12be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 8:11Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 106:13But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.
- Jeremiah 2:32Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
- Jeremiah 17:13Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.
- Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,” declares the Lord.
- Hosea 4:6my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
- Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses.”
- Hosea 13:6When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.
- Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:35Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.”
- Psalms 65:5You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,
- Psalms 68:19Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
- Psalms 79:9Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.
Commentaries on Isaiah 17:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Strange slips "Shoots from a foreign soil" - The pleasant plants, and shoots from a foreign soil, are allegorical expressions for strange and idolatrous worship; vicious and abominable practices connected with it; reliance on human aid, and on alliances entered into with the neighboring nations, especially Egypt; to all which the Israelites were greatly addicted, and in their expectations from which they should be grievously disappointed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Because thou - Because the kingdom of Israel or Samaria had done it. The God of thy salvation - The God in whom alone was salvation; or who alone could protect thee (compare Micah 7:7; Hosea 2:15). The rock of thy strength - God. A rock of strength is a strongly fortified place; or a rock which an enemy could not successfully assail. High rocks were selected as a place of refuge from an invading foe (see the notes at Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 1:21). In…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The Israelites combined their faith in the Lord with Baal worship. They turned away from the Lord, who is the only God and will not share devotion with idols. The term Rock refers to the Lord's ability to provide refuge (see Isaiah 26:4; 30:29; Psalm 18:2, 46).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. forgotten ... God of ... salvation ... rock--(De 32:15, 18). plants--rather, "nursery grounds," "pleasure-grounds" [Maurer]. set in--rather, "set them," the pleasure-grounds. strange slips--cuttings of plants from far, and therefore valuable.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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