5 It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain.It will be like one gathering the ears of grainin the Valley of Rephaim.
6 There will be some left behind,like when an olive tree is beaten – two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top,four or five on its fruitful branches,”says the Lord God of Israel.
7 At that time men will trust in their creator;they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.
8 They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made,or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.
9 At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites,which they abandoned because of the Israelites;there will be desolation.
10 For you ignore the God who rescues you;you pay no attention to your strong protector.So this is what happens:You cultivate beautiful plantsand plant exotic vines.
11 The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow;the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout.Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of diseaseand incurable pain.