Then at last the people will look to their Creator and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
- KJV At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
- BSB In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
- NKJV In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
- NASB On that day man will look to his Maker And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
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In that day people will turn their eyes to their Maker and look to the Holy One of Israel. Judgment leads the survivors back to God.
Overview
The chastening of judgment produces a turning of hearts away from idols toward the true God who made them. Affliction becomes the means by which the remnant looks to its Maker. This gracious purpose behind discipline foreshadows the gospel call to look to the Lord alone for salvation.
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Cross-references · 18
- Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Hos 6:1“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- Hos 3:5Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
- Hos 14:1–3Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
- Jer 3:18–23In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
- Isa 10:20–21It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
- 2 Chr 35:17–18The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
- Isa 29:18–19In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
- Isa 22:11You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn’t look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who purposed it long ago.
- Judg 10:15–16The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned! Do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.”
- 2 Chr 30:10–11So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun, but people ridiculed them and mocked them.
- 2 Chr 31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- Isa 29:24They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”
- Isa 19:22Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
- Jer 3:12–14Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
- Isa 24:14–15These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.
- Jer 31:4–10I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry.
- 2 Chr 30:18–20For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone
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