7. At that time men will trust in their creator;they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.
8. They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made,or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.
9. At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites,which they abandoned because of the Israelites;there will be desolation.
10. For you ignore the God who rescues you;you pay no attention to your strong protector.So this is what happens:You cultivate beautiful plantsand plant exotic vines.
11. The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow;the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout.Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of diseaseand incurable pain.
12. The many nations massing together are as good as dead,those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea’s waves.The people making such an uproar are as good as dead,those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves.
13. Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves,when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land,driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills,or like dead thistles before a strong gale.