Isaiah 17:11

Isaiah 17:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
• New International Version (NIV)though 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow, yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the day you will make your plant to grow, And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

Context of Isaiah 17:11

9Their largest cities will be like a deserted forest, like the land the Hivites and Amorites abandoned when the Israelites came here so long ago. It will be utterly desolate. 10Why? 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. They may sprout on the day you set them out; yes, they may blossom on the very morning you plant them, but you will never pick any grapes from them. Your only harvest will be a load of grief and unrelieved pain. 12Listen! The armies of many nations roar like the roaring of the sea. Hear the thunder of the mighty forces as they rush forward like thundering waves. 13But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.

Isaiah 17:11 word by word

בְּי֤וֹם נִטְעֵךְ֙ תְּשַׂגְשֵׂ֔גִי וּבַבֹּ֖קֶר זַרְעֵ֣ךְ תַּפְרִ֑יחִי נֵ֥ד קָצִ֛יר בְּי֥וֹם נַחֲלָ֖ה וּכְאֵ֥ב אָנֽוּשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• shalt thou make thy plantנֶ֫טַעneţa‛ · plantationH5194
• to growשׂוּגώûg · to growH7735
• and in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• shalt thou make thy seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• to flourishפָּרַחpârach · to sproutH6524
• the harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• a heapנֵדnêd · heapH5067
• of griefחָלָהchâlâh · be weak: grievedH2470
• and of desperateאָנַשׁ'ânash · be incurableH605
• sorrowכְּאֵבke'êb · painH3511

Cross-references for Isaiah 17:11

• Isaiah 18:5Even before you begin your attack, while your plans are ripening like grapes, the Lord will cut off your new growth with pruning shears. He will snip off and discard your spreading branches.
• Job 4:8My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
• Jeremiah 5:31the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?
• Hosea 8:7“They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat. And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.
• Hosea 9:1O people of Israel, do not rejoice as other nations do. For you have been unfaithful to your God, hiring yourselves out like prostitutes, worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
• Hosea 10:12I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and shower righteousness upon you.’
• Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine-drinkers! All the grapes are ruined, and all your sweet wine is gone.
• Galatians 6:7Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
• Isaiah 65:13Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will starve. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be sad and ashamed.
• Matthew 8:11And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Romans 2:5But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Commentaries on Isaiah 17:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11In the day … - Thou shalt cultivate it assiduously and constantly. Thou shalt be at special pains that it may be watered and pruned, in order that it may produce abundantly. And in the morning - With early care and attention - denoting the pains that would be bestowed on the young plant. The harvest shall be a heap - The margin reads this, the harvest shall be removed in the day of inheritance, rendering it as if the word נד nêd usually meaning a heap…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-11The vision shifts from Damascus (Isaiah 17:1–3) to Israel's northern kingdom. Damascus and Israel were allies against Judah, but Assyria later destroyed both.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. In the day ... thy plant--rather, "In the day of thy planting" [Horsley]. shalt ... make ... grow--Maurer translates, "Thou didst fence it," namely, the pleasure-ground. The parallel clause, "Make ... flourish," favors English Version. As soon as thou plantest, it grows. in the morning--that is, immediately after; so in Psa 90:14, the Hebrew, "in the morning," is translated "early." but ... shall be a heap--rather, "but (promising as was the prospect)…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 17:11

• Backsliders
• Church
• Famine
• Forgetting God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Rebuke
• Ruinous
• Rushing
• Despair
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Grief; Grieve
• Harvest
• Heap
• Isaiah

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