Isaiah 17:11 meaning and explanation
though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout— yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
Isaiah 17:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah has just accused Israel, the northern kingdom, of forgetting the God of its salvation (verse 10). Here the prophet pictures a people who work hard at their gardens, planting on the day and coaxing the seed to sprout by morning, an image of frantic human effort and perhaps of foreign religious practices.
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