Isaiah 17:9
Berean Standard Bible
In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
Context
7In that day men will look to their Maker
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. 8They will not look to the altars
they have fashioned with their hands
or to the Asherahs and incense altars
they have made with their fingers. 9In that day their strong cities
will be like forsaken thickets and summits,
abandoned to the Israelites
and to utter desolation. 10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge.
Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots
and set out cuttings from exotic vines— 11though on the day you plant
you make them grow,
and on that morning
you help your seed sprout—
yet the harvest will vanish
on the day of disease and incurable pain.
English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.