Isaiah 17:10-11

Without God our best laid plans fail. With God even the very things meant to destroy us are deflected and changed into our blessings. Our salvation cost God His only begotten Son it is to be cherished and lifted up for all to see so that others may be saved.

The people had committed the very sin that God warned them not to: they had forgotten the God who had saved them from slavery. Just as the choice vines of the Lord’s vineyard disappointed Him (5:1–7), so His errant people would find their harvest hopes shattered.

Isaiah 17:10-11

¹⁰ Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, 
And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, 
Therefore you will plant pleasant plants 
And set out foreign seedlings; 
¹¹ In the day you will make your plant to grow, 
And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; 
But the harvest will be a heap of ruins 
In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.