Isaiah 17:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁעֶ֔ה אֶל־הַֽמִּזְבְּח֖וֹת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדָ֑יו וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֤וּ אֶצְבְּעֹתָיו֙ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֔ה וְהָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְהָחַמָּנִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ yišʿeh to-ha-mizbəḥôṯ maʿăśēh yāḏāyw wa-ʾăšer ʿāśû ʾeṣbəʿōṯāyw lōʾ yirʾeh wə-hā-ʾăšērîm wə-hā-ḥammānîm

Grammar Details

• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yišʿeh*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will look/gaze
• to-*ha-mizbəḥôṯ*: preposition אֶל + definite article + noun, feminine plural - to the altars
• *maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - work of
• *yāḏāyw*: noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hands
• *wa-ʾăšer*: conjunction + relative particle - and which/that which
• *ʿāśû*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - made
• *ʾeṣbəʿōṯāyw*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fingers
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yirʾeh*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will see/regard
• *wə-hā-ʾăšērîm*: conjunction + definite article + noun, feminine plural - and the Asherim/sacred poles
• *wə-hā-ḥammānîm*: conjunction + definite article + noun, masculine plural - and the sun pillars/incense altars

Word Meanings

• *mizbəḥôṯ*: altars/sacrificial places
• *ʾăšērîm*: Asherim/sacred poles/images of Asherah
• *ḥammānîm*: sun pillars/incense altars/sun images

Referenced Verses

• Isa 30:22 : 22 And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
• Isa 27:9 : 9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
• Isa 2:8 : 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
• Mic 5:13-14 : 13 and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands; 14 and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.
• Zeph 1:3 : 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.
• Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
• Isa 2:18-21 : 18 And the idols shall utterly pass away. 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. 20 In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
• Exod 34:13 : 13 but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim
• 2 Chr 14:5 : 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
• 2 Chr 34:4 : 4 And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves [of them] that had sacrificed unto them.
• 2 Chr 34:6-7 : 6 And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about. 7 And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
• Isa 1:29 : 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
• Isa 31:6-7 : 6 Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel. 7 For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
• Isa 44:15 : 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
• Isa 44:19-20 : 19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Hos 8:4-6 : 4 They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. 5 He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
• Hos 10:1-2 : 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly [ pillars.] 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
• Hos 13:1-2 : 1 When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
• Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.