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¶ In that day the cities of his strength shall be as the gleanings which remain on the shoots and on the branches, which were left of the sons of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy saving health and hast not been mindful of the Rock of thy strength; therefore thou shalt plant pleasant plants and set it with strange slips:

11 In the day that thou shalt plant them, thou shalt make them to grow and shalt make thy seed to flourish early; but in the day of gathering, the harvest shall flee and shall be desperate sorrow.

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In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(A) And all will be desolation.

10 You have forgotten(B) God your Savior;(C)
    you have not remembered the Rock,(D) your fortress.(E)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,(F)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning(G) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(H) will be as nothing(I)
    in the day of disease and incurable(J) pain.(K)

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