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Isaiah 27:11
ESV When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
NIV When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
NASB When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them.
CSB When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
NLT The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.
KJV When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
NKJV When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor.

What does Isaiah 27:11 mean?

Isaiah has described the desolation of a once-mighty fortified city under God's judgment (Isaiah 27:10). In the previous verse, Isaiah described the city as so desolate that wild animals wander around eating from the trees. Now he describes how the boughs of those trees, once dried out, will become wood gathered for fires by the few remnants of the city.

Commentators differ about whether this and the previous verse are about judgment against Israel or her idol-worshipping enemies. If the subject is Israel, then the city would be Jerusalem, left barren after the Babylonians conquer it in 586 BC. However, if this verse continues the theme of Israel's redemption, this fortified city the Lord has judged is the representative of the Lord's enemies (Isaiah 24:10; 26:5).

Isaiah closes this poem with a reminder about the reason for the Lord's judgment. Those opposed to the Lord lack discernment (Proverbs 1:7). He made them, but they do not acknowledge and worship Him. They worship worthless gods of their own creation. So, their true Maker has no compassion for them and does not show them favor.
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