6. “Look, my decree is written out in front of me:I will not stand silent;I will repay them in full!Yes, I will repay them—
7. both for their own sinsand for those of their ancestors,”says the lord.“For they also burned incense on the mountainsand insulted me on the hills.I will pay them back in full!
8. “But I will not destroy them all,”says the lord.“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones(and someone will say, ‘Don’t throw them all away—some of those grapes are good!’),so I will not destroy all Israel.For I still have true servants there.
9. I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israeland of Judah to possess my land.Those I choose will inherit it,and my servants will live there.
10. The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocksfor my people who have searched for me,and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds.