KJV King James Version
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
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Isaiah 17:10
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
WEB World English Bible
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
ASV American Standard Version
For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with strange slips.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, And the rock of thy strength hast not remembered, Therefore thou plantest plants of pleasantness, And with a strange slip sowest it,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 17
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8 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.
9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
11 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.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, [which] make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, [that] make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforשָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙H7911 · sha.khachto forgetאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׁעֵ֔ךְH3468 · ye.sahsalvationוְצ֥וּרH6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְH4581 · ma.ozsecurityלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotזָכָ֑רְתְּH2142 · za.kharto rememberעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֗ןH3651 · kenrightתִּטְּעִי֙H5193 · na.tato plantנִטְעֵ֣יH5194 · ne.taplantationנַעֲמָנִ֔יםH5282 · na.a.manpleasantnessוּזְמֹ֥רַתH2156 · ze.mo.rahbranchזָ֖רH2114 · zurbe a strangerתִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃H2232 · za.rato sow
Cross-references
Psalm 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.Isaiah 26:4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:Jeremiah 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.Deuteronomy 32:4[He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he.Hosea 13:6-7According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.Isaiah 12:2Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.Hosea 8:14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.Psalm 85:4Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges.Isaiah 51:13And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where [is] the fury of the oppressor?Psalm 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.Deuteronomy 6:12[Then] beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.Psalm 68:19-20Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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