⁶ “That time will also be like the olive harvest. People knock olives from the trees, but a few olives are usually left at the top of each tree. Four or five olives are left on some of the top branches. It will be the same for those cities,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

⁷ Then the people will look up to the one who made them. Their eyes will see the Holy One of Israel. ⁸ They will not trust the great things they have made. They will not go to the special gardens^[a] and altars^[b] they made for false gods.