Isaiah 17:8

17:8 They will no longer trust in ¹  the altars their hands made,

or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made. ² 

Isaiah 58:9

58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;

you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’

You must ³  remove the burdensome yoke from among you

and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

[17:8]  ¹ tn Heb “he will not gaze toward.”

[17:8]  ² tn Heb “and that which his fingers made he will not see, the Asherah poles and the incense altars.”

[58:9]  ³ tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.