3 I, the Lord, keep it,I water it every moment;Lest any hurt it,I keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in Me.Who would set briers and thornsAgainst Me in battle?I would go through them,I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of My strength,That he may make peace with Me;And he shall make peace with Me.”
6 Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob;Israel shall blossom and bud,And fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 Has He struck Israel as He struck those who struck him?Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?
8 In measure, by sending it away,You contended with it.He removes it by His rough windIn the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered;And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin:When he makes all the stones of the altarLike chalkstones that are beaten to dust,Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.