By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:(B)
When he makes all the altar stones(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles[a](D) or incense altars(E)
    will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate,(F)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken(G) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,(H)
    there they lie down;(I)
    they strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs are dry, they are broken off(J)
    and women come and make fires(K) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;(L)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator(M) shows them no favor.(N)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

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