Isaiah 17:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength - drawn from "Jeshurun ... forsook God (which) made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation ... Of the Rock (that) begat thee thou art unmindful" (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:18).

Plants - rather, nursery-grounds; pleasure-grounds (Maurer).

Set it - rather, 'set them,' the pleasure-grounds.

Strange slips - cuttings of plants from far, and therefore valuable.

Isaiah 17:10

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: