2. Even their children remembertheir altars to idols and their Asherah idols.They remember the altars under the green treesand on the high hills.
3. They remember the altars on my mountain and in the open country.I will give your wealth and treasuresto other people.And they will destroy the places of worship in your country.You sinned by worshiping at those places.
4. You will lose the land I gave you.And it is your own fault.I will let your enemies take you as their slaves.You will be slaves in a land you have never known.This is because you have made my anger burn like a hot fire.And it will burn forever.”
5. This is what the Lord says:“A curse will be placed on those who trust other people.It will happen to those who depend on people for strength.Those are the ones who have stopped trusting the Lord.
6. They are like a bush in a desert.It grows in a land where no one lives.It is in a hot and dry land with bad soil.They don’t know about the good things that God can give.
7. “But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed.The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.
8. He will be strong, like a tree planted near water.That tree has large roots that find the water.It is not afraid when the days are hot.Its leaves are always green.It does not worry in a year when no rain comes.That tree always produces fruit.”