5 It will be as when harvesters gather grain.God will harvest armfuls at a time,like one who gathers grainin the Rephaim Valley.
6 Only remaining bits are left,like an olive tree that has been shaken:two or three olives on the highest branch;four or five on a fruitful twig,says the Lord God of Israel.
7 On that day, people will have regard for their maker,and their eyes will look to the holy one of Israel.
8 They will have no regard for altars,the work of their hands,or look to what their fingers made:sacred poles and incense stands.
9 On that day, their strong cities will be like those abandoned by the Hivites and the Amorites; abandoned because of the Israelites. They will be a wasteland,
10 because you forgot the God who saves you,and didn’t remember the rock who shelters you.Therefore, plant your pleasant plants,and set out exotic sprouts;
11 make them grow the day you plant them,and make them bloom the morning you start them.But the harvest will disappear on a day of sickness and incurable pain.