8. He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and he will not look on what his own fingers have made, either the Asherim or the altars of incense.
9. In that day their strong cities will be like the deserted places of the wooded heights and the hilltops, which they deserted because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.
10. For you have forgotten the God of your salvationand have not remembered the Rock of your refuge;therefore, though you plant pleasant plantsand sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
11. though you make them grow on the day that you plant them,and make them blossom in the morning that you sow,yet the harvest will flee awayin a day of grief and incurable pain.
12. Ah, the thunder of many peoples;they thunder like the thundering of the sea!Ah, the roar of nations;they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
13. The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,chased like chaff on the mountains before the windand whirling dust before the storm.
14. At evening time, behold, terror!Before morning, they are no more!This is the portion of those who loot us,and the lot of those who plunder us.