⁶ I will lay it ^(A)waste;
It shall not be pruned or ^[a]dug,
But there shall come up briers and ^(B)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”

⁸ Also the ^(A)high places of ^[a]Aven, ^(B)the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed.
The thorn and thistle shall grow on their altars;
^(C)They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
And to the hills, “Fall on us!”