17:6 There will be some left behind,
like when an olive tree is beaten –
two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top,
four or five on its fruitful branches,”
says the Lord God of Israel.
17:7 At that time 1 men will trust in their creator; 2
they will depend on 3 the Holy One of Israel. 4
17:8 They will no longer trust in 5 the altars their hands made,
or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made. 6
1 tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB, NIV); KJV “At that day.”
2 tn Heb “man will gaze toward his maker.”
3 tn Heb “his eyes will look toward.”
4 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
1 tn Heb “he will not gaze toward.”
2 tn Heb “and that which his fingers made he will not see, the Asherah poles and the incense altars.”