9. On that day, their strong cities will be like those abandoned by the Hivites and the Amorites; abandoned because of the Israelites. They will be a wasteland,
10. because you forgot the God who saves you,and didn’t remember the rock who shelters you.Therefore, plant your pleasant plants,and set out exotic sprouts;
11. make them grow the day you plant them,and make them bloom the morning you start them.But the harvest will disappear on a day of sickness and incurable pain.
12. Doom to the raging of many peoples;like the thundering seas they thunder.Doom to the roar of nations,like the roaring of mighty waters.