⁶ I will make it a wasteland.^(A)
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.^(B)
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.

⁸ The high places^(A) of Aven, the sin of Israel,^(B)
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.^(C)
They will say to the mountains,^(D) “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”^(E)