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Isaiah 17:7
7In that day people will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 17:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then at last the people will look to their Creator and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Context of Isaiah 17:7
5It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain, gathering the grain in their arms— as when someone gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. 6Yet some gleanings will remain, as when an olive tree is beaten, leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, four or five on the fruitful boughs,” declares the Lord, the God of Israel. In that day people will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. 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.
Read all of Isaiah 17Isaiah 17:7 word by word
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִשְׁעֶ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם עַל־עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ וְעֵינָ֕יו אֶל־קְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תִּרְאֶֽינָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 17:7
- Isaiah 10:20In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 19:22The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.
- Isaiah 22:11You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.
- Isaiah 24:14They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
- Isaiah 29:18In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Judges 10:15But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:10The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed them.
- 2 Chronicles 31:1When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
- 2 Chronicles 35:17The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
- Jeremiah 3:12Go, proclaim this message toward the north: “ ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will not be angry forever.
- Jeremiah 31:4I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.
- Hosea 3:5Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
- Hosea 6:1“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
- Hosea 14:1Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Commentaries on Isaiah 17:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7At that day shall a man look to his Maker - Instead of confiding in their strongly fortified places and armies, they shall look for aid and protection to the God that made them, and who alone can help them. National afflictions and judgments often have the effect to turn the eyes of even a wicked and rebellious people to God. They feel their danger; they are convinced of their guilt; they see that no one but God can protect them; and for a time they are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The people mentioned here are either Israelites or all of humanity. look … turn their eyes: They will once more trust in the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. look to his Maker--instead of trusting in their fortresses--(Is 17:3; Mi 7:7).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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