New King James Version
Isaiah 17:4
4“In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.
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 Living Translation (NLT)“In that day Israel’s glory will grow dim; its robust body will waste away.
Context of Isaiah 17:4
2The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid. 3The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,” Says the Lord of hosts. “In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean. 5It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim. 6Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches,” Says the Lord God of Israel.
Read all of Isaiah 17Isaiah 17:4 word by word
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 sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel.
- Isaiah 10:4Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.” For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will send leanness among his fat ones; And under his glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning of a fire.
- Isaiah 24:13When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people, It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree, Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.
- Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Ezekiel 34:20‘Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: “Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep.
- Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations.
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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