Isaiah 17:9

"They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles or the incense altars."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 17:9, these verses signify a rejection of false worship and idols, suggesting that people will cease to rely on and honor their own creations—whether literal altars or symbolic representations like Asherah poles and incense altars—in favor of true faith in the living God. This shift underscores the idea that genuine spiritual devotion transcends material artifacts.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

His strong cities -The cities of the united kingdoms of Damascus and Samaria. Be as a forsaken bough -There has been much difficulty in the interpretation of this passage. Lowth says, ‘No one has ever been able to make any tolerable sense of these words;’ and proposes himself the translation, In that day shall his strongly fenced cities become Like the desertion of the Hivites and the Amorites; Following in this the translation of the Septuagint, but doing violence to the Hebrew text.

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