Isaiah 17 · Verse 7

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.
Isaiah 17:7, King James Version

Isaiah 17:7 in other translations

BSBIn that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
WEBIn that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
ASVIn that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
YLTIn that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look,
DARBYIn that day shall man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have regard to the Holy One of Israel.
BBEIn that day a man's heart will be turned to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
WebsterAt that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

What does Isaiah 17:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. look to his Maker--instead of trusting in their fortresses--(Is 17:3; Mi 7:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 17:1-11

Syria and Israel threatened. (Is. 17:1-11) The woe of Israel's enemies. (Is. 17:12-14) Verses 1-11 Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie down there, than that they should harbour any in open rebellion against God and holiness. The strong holds of Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes, will be brought to ruin…

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Isaiah 17:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
יִשְׁעֶ֥הyish.'Ehhe will lookH8159
הָאָדָ֖םha.'a.Dam<the> personH120
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ'o.Se.humaker hisH6213
וְעֵינָ֕יוve.'ei.Navand eyes hisH5869
אֶל\־'el-toH413
קְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.osh[the] holy [one] ofH6918
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
תִּרְאֶֽינָה\׃tir.'Ei.nahthey will seeH7200

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 17:7

  • Micah 7:7

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

  • Hosea 14:1-3

    O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  • Isaiah 29:24

    They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:18-20

    For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

  • Judges 10:15-16

    And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

  • Isaiah 22:11

    Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

  • Isaiah 19:22

    And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:10-11

    So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:17-18

    And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 29:18-19

    And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:20,21; 19:22; 22:11; 24:14,15; 29:18,19,24; Jud 10:15,16
2Ch 30:10,11,18-20; 31:1; 35:17,18; Jer 3:12-14,18-23; 31:4-10
Ho 3:5; 6:1; 14:1-3; Mic 7:7

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Context

  • Isaiah 17:6

    Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 17:8

    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.

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Isaiah 17:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En aquel día mirará el hombre á su Hacedor, y sus ojos contemplarán al Santo de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
En ce jour-là, l’homme regardera vers celui qui l’a fait, et ses yeux verront le Saint d’Israël;
German
Elberfelder 1871
An jenem Tage wird der Mensch auf den hinschauen, der ihn gemacht hat, und seine Augen werden auf den Heiligen Israels blicken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In die illa inclinabitur homo ad factorem suum, et oculi ejus ad Sanctum Israël respicient;