10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not remembered the God of thy strength, therefore shalt thou set pleasant plants, and shalt graft strange [a]vine branches.

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 gone in the day [b]of possession, and there shall be desperate sorrow.

12 [c]Ah, the multitude of many people, they shall make a sound like the noise of the sea: for the noise of the people shall make a sound like the noise of mighty waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:10 Which are excellent, and brought out of other countries.
  2. Isaiah 17:11 As the Lord threateneth the wicked in his Law, Lev. 26:16.
  3. Isaiah 17:12 The Prophet lamenteth, considering the horrible plague that was prepared against Israel by the Assyrians, which were infinite in number, and gathered of many nations.

10 You have forgotten(A) God your Savior;(B)
    you have not remembered the Rock,(C) your fortress.(D)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,(E)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning(F) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(G) will be as nothing(H)
    in the day of disease and incurable(I) pain.(J)

12 Woe to the many nations that rage(K)
    they rage like the raging sea!(L)
Woe to the peoples who roar(M)
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!(N)

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