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By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin: When he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten asunder, the Asherah poles and sun images shall not stand up.

10 Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down and consume the branches thereof.

11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore He that made them will not have mercy on them, and He that formed them will show them no favor.

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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