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.

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