Isaiah 17:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the 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 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
• Isa 27:9 : 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
• 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 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
• Zeph 1:3 : 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
• Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD 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 he shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
• Exod 34:13 : 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
• 2 Chr 14:5 : 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
• 2 Chr 34:4 : 4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed 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, with their mattocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he 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 the children of Israel have deeply revolted. 7 For in that day every man shall cast away 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: for he will take thereof, and warm 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 considereth in his heart, 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, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I 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 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
• Hos 10:1-2 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
• Hos 13:1-2 : 1 When Ephraim spake 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, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it 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 heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.