Bible Strands
Isaiah 17:7
In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord speaks through Isaiah to Israel concerning a coming day of judgment and remnant survival. The declaration follows a metaphor of olive tree gleanings and precedes a warning against idolatry.
The words — The Hebrew יִשְׁעֶה (yish.'Eh) literally means "he will look," paired with עֹשֵׂהוּ ('o.Se./hu), literally "his maker."
The thread — This motif of turning to God appears in Micah 7:7, Hosea 6:1, and Hosea 3:5, where Israel is called to seek the Lord after affliction.
Why it lands — The text commands a shift of gaze from manufactured altars to the Creator, requiring readers to abandon self-made religious substitutes and direct their attention to God alone.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Judges 10:15 “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
- 2 Chronicles 30:10 And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
- 2 Chronicles 35:17 The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
- Isaiah 10:20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 19:22 And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.