2 People will leave the cities of Aroer.Flocks will wander freely in those empty towns,and there will be no one to bother them.
3 The strong, walled cities of Israel will be destroyed.The government in Damascus will end.Those left alive of Aram will belike the glory of Israel,” says the Lord All-Powerful.
4 “At that time Israel’s wealth will all be gone.Israel will be like someone who has lost much weight from sickness.
5 That time will be like the grain harvest in the Valley of Rephaim.The workers cut the wheat.Then they cut the heads of grain from the plantsand collect the grain.
6 That time will also be like the olive harvest,when a few olives are left.Two or three olives are left in the top branches.Four or five olives are left on full branches,” says the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 At that time people will look to God, their Maker;their eyes will see the Holy One of Israel.
8 They will not trust the altars they have made,nor will they trust what their hands have made,not even the Asherah idols and altars.