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10 For thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy [a]strength; therefore thou plantest pleasant plants, and settest it with [b]strange slips. 11 In the day of thy planting thou hedgest it in, and in the morning thou makest thy seed to blossom; but the harvest [c]fleeth away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

12 Ah, the [d]uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:10 Or, stronghold
  2. Isaiah 17:10 Or, vine slips of a strange god
  3. Isaiah 17:11 Or, shall be a heap
  4. Isaiah 17:12 Or, multitude

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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