The fortressalsoshallceasefromEphraim, and the kingdomfromDamascus, and the remnant of Syria: theyshall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
And it shall be as when the harvestmangathereth the corn, and reapeth the earswith his arm; and it shall be as he thatgatherethears in the valley of Rephaim.
Yet gleaninggrapesshall be left in it, as the shaking of an olivetree, two or threeberries in the top of the uppermostbough, four or five in the outmostfruitfulbranchesthereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
In that day shall his strongcities be as a forsakenbough, and an uppermostbranch, whichtheyleftbecause of the children of Israel: and thereshall be desolation.
Becausethouhastforgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not beenmindful of the rock of thy strength, thereforeshaltthouplantpleasantplants, and shalt set it withstrangeslips:
In the day shaltthoumake thy plant to grow, and in the morningshaltthoumake thy seed to flourish: but the harvestshall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperatesorrow.
Woe to the multitude of manypeople, whichmake a noiselike the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, thatmake a rushinglike the rushing of mightywaters!
The nationsshallrushlike the rushing of manywaters: but God shallrebukethem, and theyshallflee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountainsbefore the wind, and like a rollingthingbefore the whirlwind.