⁸ They will no longer rely on the altars they made with their own hands, or trust in their own handiwork—symbols of the goddess Asherah and altars for burning incense.

⁹ When that day comes, well-defended cities will be deserted and left in ruins like the cities that the Hivites and the Amorites^[a] abandoned as they fled from the people of Israel.

¹⁰ Israel, you have forgotten the God who rescues you and protects you like a mighty rock. Instead, you plant sacred gardens^[b] in order to worship a foreign god.