Isaiah 17:4-8

The Voice

⁴ Eternal One: Israel will be humbled then too;
        our cousins, the children of Jacob, will lose their luster, their wealth and excess.
⁵     The land will resemble a field stripped until it is nearly bare,
        like when the harvest has come and gone,
        like the meager grain gleaned in the valley of Rephaim.

⁶     But some gleanings will remain
        like when olive trees are beaten,
    Where two or three olives remain at the top of a tree
        and four or five hold on tight to its fruitful branches.

⁷ Then, in that day, people will turn to the One who shaped them.
    They’ll look on the Creator, the Holy One of Israel,
⁸ And disregard the things they’d made into gods.
    They’ll turn away from worthless, handmade objects, sacred poles, and incense altars.