Isaiah 27:7-9

EasyEnglish Bible

⁷ The Lord did not punish Israel's people as much as he punished their enemies. He did not kill them as much as he killed their enemies. ⁸ But Lord you sent your people to a land far away. That is how you punished them. You blew them away with a storm that came from the east. ⁹ In that way the Lord punished Jacob's descendants for their sins. They are no longer guilty. This will be the result when God has taken away Jacob's sin completely: All the stones in their altars will become small pieces of chalk. There will be no Asherah pole or altars for incense that continue to stand.