Isaiah 17:8

The Burden against Damascus

7In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. 8They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

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Berean Standard Bible
They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
American Standard Version (1901)
And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Free Bible Version
They won't believe in the altars they built and the idols they made; they will not look to the Asherah poles or the altars of incense.
Geneva Bible 1599
And hee shall not looke to the altars, the workes of his owne hands, neither shall he looke to those thinges, which his owne fingers haue made, as groues and images.
King James (Authorized) Version
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
One Unity Resource Bible
They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles, or the incense altars.
Translation for Translators
You will no longer seek to get help from your idols or worship the idols that you have made with your own hands [DOU]. You will never again bow down in front of the poles where you worship the goddess Asherah. You will never again worship at the shrines that you have built for burning incense.
Unlocked Literal Bible
They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, nor will they look to what their fingers have made, the Asherah poles or the sun images.
Noah Webster Bible
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
World English Bible
They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherah poles or the incense altars.
Young's Literal Translation
And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not — the shrines and the images.