Isaiah 27:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ The Lord punished his people by sending them into exile. He took them away with a cruel wind from the east.^{[a] 9} But Israel's sins will be forgiven only when the stones of pagan altars are ground up like chalk, and no more incense altars or symbols of the goddess Asherah are left.

¹⁰ The fortified city lies in ruins. It is deserted like an empty wilderness. It has become a pasture for cattle, where they can rest and graze.