17:7-8 In that day men will have regard to their Maker, and their eyes look to the Holy One of Israel, and regard not the altars, the works of their hands, nor look to things made by their fingers-the idols of prosperity and the shining images.
In the time of leanness, the works of men's hands that people idolize-by which they unknowingly beget calamities or covenant curses-are discerned for what they are: false gods that preoccupy them, that waste resources and divert their hearts from the true God (v 10; Isaiah 2:7-8, 20; 27:9-10; 30:22; 31:7; 42:17). While prosperity may be a blessing, it can also become a curse. When dire straits befall humanity, people instinctively turn back to their Maker, the Creator of all things, and look to the Holy One of Israel, their teacher and exemplar (Isaiah 10:20; 26:16-18; 48:17; 63:15-19; 64:1-12).
17:9 In that day their mighty cities shall be like the deserted towns of the Hivites and Amorites, which they abandoned before the Israelites during the desolation.
When the Israelites conquered the Land of Canaan under the leadership of Moses and Joshua, Jehovah commanded them to slay men, women, and children because the iniquity of the Hivites, Amorites, Amalekites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites who dwelt there was full (Genesis 15:16; Exodus 23:23; Deuteronomy 3:6; Numbers 21:35). Now that the iniquity of Jehovah's people themselves is full, they meet the same fate (Isaiah 1:4, 7; 26:21; 59:12-19). Once Jehovah takes the righteous out from among them, the wicked left behind in the land fall prey to their enemies (Isaiah 57:1).
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