Parallel Verses English Standard Version In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel. King James Bible At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. American Standard Version In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Douay-Rheims Bible In that day man shall bow down himself to his Maker, and his eyes shall look to the Holy One of Israel. English Revised Version In that day shall a man look unto his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Webster's Bible Translation At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 17:7 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThe first turn: "Behold, Damascus must (be taken) away out of the number of the cities, and will be a heap of fallen ruins. The cities of Aroer are forsaken, they are given up to flocks, they lie there without any one scaring them away. And the fortress of Ephraim is abolished, and the kingdom of Damascus; and it happens to those that are left of Aram as to the glory of the sons of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts." "Behold," etc.: hinnēh followed by a participle indicates here, as it does everywhere else, something very near at hand. Damascus is removed מעיר ( equals עיר מהיות, cf., 1 Kings 15:13), i.e., out of the sphere of existence as a city. It becomes מעי, a heap of ruins. The word is used intentionally instead of עי, to sound as much as possible like מעיר: a mutilated city, so to speak. It is just the same with Israel, which has made itself an appendage of Damascus. The "cities of Aroer" (gen. appos. Ges. 114, 3) represent the land to the east of the Jordan: there the judgment upon Israel (executed by Tiglath-pileser) first began. There were two Aroers: an old Amoritish city allotted to the tribe of Reuben, viz., "Aroer on the Arnon" (Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12, etc.); and an old Ammonitish one, allotted to the tribe of Gad, viz., "Aroer before Rabbah" (Rabbath, Ammon, Joshua 13:25). The ruins of the former are Arair, on the lofty northern bank of the Mugib; but the situation of the latter has not yet been determined with certainty (see Comm. on Joshua 13:25). The "cities of Aroer" are these two Aroers, and the rest of the cities similar to it on the east of the Jordan; just as "the Orions" in Isaiah 13:10 are Orion and other similar stars. We meet here again with a significant play upon the sound in the expression ‛ârē ‛Aro‛ēr (cities of Aroer): the name of Aroer was ominous, and what its name indicated would happen to the cities in its circuit. ערער means "to lay bare," to pull down (Jeremiah 51:58); and ערער, ערירי signifies a stark-naked condition, a state of desolation and solitude. After Isaiah 17:1 has threatened Damascus in particular, and Isaiah 17:2 has done the same to Israel, Isaiah 17:3 comprehends them both. Ephraim loses the fortified cities which once served it as defences, and Damascus loses its rank as a kingdom. Those that are left of Aram, who do not fall in the war, become like the proud citizens of the kingdom of Israel, i.e., they are carried away into captivity. All this was fulfilled under Tiglath-pileser. The accentuation connects ארם שׁאר (the remnant of Aram) with the first half of the verse; but the meaning remains the same, as the subject to יהיוּ is in any case the Aramaeans. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Hosea 14:1-3 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity... Cross References 2 Samuel 22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them. Psalm 95:6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! Isaiah 10:20 In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. Hosea 3:5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days. Hosea 6:1 "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. Jump to Previous Eyes Heart Holy Israel Maker Regard Respect Turn TurnedJump to Next Eyes Heart Holy Israel Maker Regard Respect Turn TurnedLinks Isaiah 17:7 NIVIsaiah 17:7 NLT Isaiah 17:7 ESV Isaiah 17:7 NASB Isaiah 17:7 KJV Isaiah 17:7 Bible Apps Isaiah 17:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 17:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 17:7 French Bible Isaiah 17:7 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |