Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.

New American Standard Bible

Therefore through this Jacob’s iniquity will be forgiven;
And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When Asherim and incense altars will not stand.

King James Version

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

Holman Bible

Therefore Jacob’s iniquity will be purged in this way,
and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:
when he makes all the altar stones
like crushed bits of chalk,
no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

International Standard Version

By this, then, Jacob's guilt will be atoned for, and this will be the full harvest that comes from the removal of his sin: when he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalkstones, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.

A Conservative Version

Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob shall be forgiven. And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten apart, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images s

American Standard Version

Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder,'so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

Amplified


Therefore through this the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of Jacob (Israel) will be atoned for and forgiven;
And this will be the full price [that God requires] for taking away his sin:
When Israel makes all the stones of the [pagan] altars like crushed chalk stones;
When the Asherim and the incense altars will not stand.

Darby Translation

By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces, the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand.

Julia Smith Translation

Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob shall be expiated; and this all the fruit to remove his sin; in his setting all the stones of the altar as stones of lime broken in pieces, the statues and images shall not stand up.

King James 2000

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, the idol poles and incense altars shall not remain standing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore by this he will make atonement [for] the guilt of Jacob, and this [will be] all of [the] fruit [of] the removal of his sin: {when he makes} all [the] stones of [the] altar like crushed stones of chalk, no poles of Asherah worship or incense altars will stand.

Modern King James verseion

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, the Asherahs and sun-pillars shall not stand up.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be thus reconciled. And so shall he take away all the fruit of his sins. As for altar stones, he shall make them all as stones beaten to powder: the groves and Idols shall not stand.

NET Bible

So in this way Jacob's sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

New Heart English Bible

Therefore, by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the incense altars shall rise no more.

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore hereby, shall a propitiatory - covering be put over the iniquity of Jacob, And all, this, is the fruit of taking away his sin, - When he maketh all the stones of an altar like chalk-stones that soon crumble, Sacred Stems and Sun Images, shall not arise.

Webster

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are beaten asunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

World English Bible

Therefore, by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the incense altars shall rise no more.

Youngs Literal Translation

Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this is all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- shrines and images.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
By this
זאת 
Zo'th 
Usage: 602

עוון עון 
`avon 
Usage: 230

of Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

and this is all the fruit
פּרי 
P@riy 
Usage: 119

to take away
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

חטּאת חטּאה 
Chatta'ah 
Usage: 294

שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

of the altar
מזבּח 
Mizbeach 
Usage: 401

גּר 
Gir 
Usage: 1

the groves
אשׁירה אשׁרה 
'asherah 
Usage: 40

and images
חמּן 
Chamman 
Usage: 8

References

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Israel Rescued

8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind. 9 So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again. 10 For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled living-place; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.

Cross References

Isaiah 17:8

He will not be looking to the altars, the work of his hands, or to the wood pillars or to the sun-images which his fingers have made.

Isaiah 48:10

See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

Daniel 11:35

And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.

Exodus 34:13

But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:

2 Kings 25:9

And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire;

2 Kings 25:13-17

And the brass pillars in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases, and the great brass water-vessel in the house of the Lord, were broken up by the Chaldaeans, who took the brass to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 14:5

And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

2 Chronicles 34:4

He had the altars of the Baals broken down, while he himself was present; and the sun-images which were placed on high over them he had cut down; and the pillars of wood and the metal images he had broken up and crushed to dust, dropping the dust over the resting-places of the dead who had made offerings to them.

2 Chronicles 36:19

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

Ezra 3:2-3

Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

Proverbs 20:30

By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

Isaiah 1:24-25

For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

Isaiah 1:29

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

Isaiah 2:12-21

For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;

Isaiah 4:4

When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.

Ezekiel 11:18

And they will come there, and take away all the hated and disgusting things from it.

Ezekiel 20:38

Clearing out from among you all those who are uncontrolled and who are sinning against me; I will take them out of the land where they are living, but they will not come into the land of Israel: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 24:11-14

And I will put her on the coals so that she may be heated and her brass burned, so that what is unclean in her may become soft and her waste be completely taken away.

Hosea 14:8

As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

Micah 5:13-14

And I will have your images and your pillars cut off from you; and you will no longer give worship to the work of your hands.

Zechariah 13:2

And it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that I will have the names of the images cut off out of the land, and there will be no more memory of them: and I will send all the prophets and the unclean spirit away from the land.

Malachi 3:2-3

But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

Romans 11:27

And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.

1 Corinthians 11:32

But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

Hebrews 12:9-11

And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

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