And he will notוְלֹאlookיִשְׁעֶהto the altars,אֶל הַמִּזְבְּחוֹתthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof his hands,יָדָיוand whatוַאֲשֶׁרhis fingersאֶצְבְּעֹתָיוhave madeעָשׂוּhe will notלֹאsee,יִרְאֶהneither the Asherahsוְהָאֲשֵׁרִיםnor the incense altars.וְהָחַמָּנִים
Isaiah 17:8
Study it in the app“And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and what his fingers have made he will not see, neither the Asherahs nor the incense altars.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 17:8, word by word
- lookיִשְׁעֶהyishe
look
To gaze closely or with favor; seek help.
Where else “yishe” appears- to the altarsמִּזְבְּחוֹתmizbchot
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchot” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- his fingersאֶצְבְּעֹתָיetsbotay
finger
Finger; also toe.
Where else “etsbotay” appears- have madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- seeיִרְאֶהyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- neither the Asherahsאֲשֵׁרִיםasherim
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “asherim” appears- nor the incense altarsחַמָּנִיםchamanim
incense altar
An altar or pillar for burning incense to false gods.
Where else “chamanim” appears
The context
7On that day the human being will look to his Maker, and his eyes will see the Holy One of Israel.
8 · This verse (above)
9On that day the cities of his stronghold will be like the abandoned places of the woodland and of the hilltop which they abandoned from before the sons of Israel; and there will be desolation.