Isaiah 17:10

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—

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Isaiah addresses the northern kingdom (Ephraim/Damascus) in a future judgment scene; the strong cities have already fallen (v. 9), and this verse explains the cause.

The words — שָׁכַחְתְּ (shakhakht, "you have forgotten") is set against לֹא זָכַרְתְּ (lo zakhart, "you have not remembered"), a deliberate pair that frames the entire charge as a failure of memory rather than a single act of rebellion.

The thread — Deuteronomy 32:18 uses nearly identical language ("you ignored the Rock… you forgot the God who gave you birth"); Psalms 106:21 repeats the pattern ("they forgot God their Savior"); Isaiah 26:4 offers the counter-claim that the LORD is the Rock eternal.

Why it lands — The verse does not condemn the vineyard itself but traces its existence to a forgotten God; the reader is asked to examine whether their own prosperity rests on a foundation they have stopped naming.

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The Hebrew words

כִּ֤יkifor שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙sha.Kha.chatyou have forgotten אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God of יִשְׁעֵ֔ךְyish.'E/khsalvation/ your וְצ֥וּרve./Tzurand/ [the] rock of מָעֻזֵּ֖ךְma.'u.Ze/khrefuge/ your לֹ֣אlo'not זָכָ֑רְתְּza.Kha.retyou have remembered עַל־'al-there-כֵּ֗ןKen-fore תִּטְּעִי֙ti.te.'Iyou plant נִטְעֵ֣יnit.'Eiplantations of נַעֲמָנִ֔יםna.'a.ma.Nimpleasantness<es>וּזְמֹ֥רַתu./ze.Mo.ratand/ [the] vine branch of זָ֖רzara stranger תִּזְרָעֶֽנּוּ׃tiz.ra.'E./nuyou sow/ it

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:

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 32:18 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Psalms 106:21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
Jeremiah 2:32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Hosea 13:6 When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Psalms 85:4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
Psalms 106:13 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”