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On that day
    the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
    and the fat of his flesh will grow lean.(A)
And it shall be as when reapers gather standing grain
    and their arms harvest the ears,
and as when one gleans the ears of grain
    in the Valley of Rephaim.(B)
Gleanings will be left in it,
    as when an olive tree is beaten—
two or three berries
    in the top of the highest bough,
four or five
    on the branches of a fruit tree,
            says the Lord God of Israel.(C)

On that day people will look to their Maker, with their eyes on the Holy One of Israel;(D) they will not have regard for the altars, the work of their hands, and they will not look to what their own fingers have made, either the sacred poles[a] or the altars of incense.(E)

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  1. 17.8 Heb Asherahs

“And this shall happen:

On that day, the glory of Jacob will be brought low,
    and the fat of his flesh will become lean.
And it shall be as when a reaper gathers[a] standing grain
    and he reaps grain with his arm,
and it shall be like one who gathers ears of grain
    in the valley of Rephaim.

And gleanings will be left over in it, as when an olive tree is beaten,[b]

two or three ripe olive berries in the top of a branch,
    four or five on its fruitful branches,”

declares[c] Yahweh, the God of Israel.

On that day, mankind will look to its maker,
    and its eyes will look to the holy one of Israel;
it will not look to the altars,
    the work of its hands,
and it will not see what its fingers made
    and the poles of Asherah worship and the incense altars.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:5 Literally “a gathering of a reaper of”
  2. Isaiah 17:6 Literally “beating of an olive tree”
  3. Isaiah 17:6 Literally “declaration of”