8. They will not look to the altars they made with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they made with their fingers.
9. On that day their strong cities will belike the abandoned woods and mountaintops that were abandoned because of the Israelites;there will be desolation.
10. For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,and you have failed to rememberthe rock of your strength; therefore you will plant beautiful plantsand set out cuttings from exotic vines.
11. On the day that you plant,you will help them to grow,and in the morningyou will help your seed to sprout,but the harvest will vanishon the day of disease and incurable pain.