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Isaiah 17:11 Explained in Context
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Verse 11. 11In 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 a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy…” at Isaiah 17:11 as a specific part of “A Few Gleanings Remain as Makers Are Forgotten.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 17:6–11
Read Isaiah 17:11 with 17:6–11. By itself, “In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Sparse olives picture survivors; attention turns from handmade altars to the Holy One, yet forgotten refuge and imported plantings yield grief.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Damascus and Ephraim Lose Their Fortified Glory” into “A Few Gleanings Remain as Makers Are Forgotten.” Its non-interchangeable movement is: Sparse olives picture survivors; attention turns from handmade altars to the Holy One, yet forgotten refuge and imported plantings yield grief. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy…” at Isaiah 17:11 as a specific part of “A Few Gleanings Remain as Makers Are Forgotten.”
What Remains True
Power, violence, false worship, and sustained injustice have consequences, but judgment is not a human license for cruelty. In Isaiah 17:11, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy…” at Isaiah 17:11 as a specific part of “A Few Gleanings Remain as Makers Are Forgotten.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Identify the ancient referent and named wrongdoing, protect people in danger, and reject revenge, scapegoating, and simplistic explanations of suffering. This response follows Isaiah 17:6–11's specific concern, “A Few Gleanings Remain as Makers Are Forgotten.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy…” at Isaiah 17:11 as a specific part of “A Few Gleanings Remain as Makers Are Forgotten.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 17:6–11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 17:6–11 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
Open the fixed Hebrew Isaiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Isaiah
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, poetry, older KJV language, chronology, names, textual issues, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Isaiah PDF, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Isaiah 17:6–11 in the complete 205-page book PDF
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