Isaiah 17:4-11

Isaiah 17:4-11

[4] And in that day  it shall come to pass, that the glory  of Jacob  shall be made thin,  and the fatness  of his flesh  shall wax lean.  [5] And it shall be as when the harvestman  gathereth  the corn,  and reapeth  the ears  with his arm;  and it shall be as he that gathereth  ears  in the valley  of Rephaim.  [6] Yet gleaning grapes  shall be left  in it, as the shaking  of an olive tree,  two  or three  berries  in the top  of the uppermost bough,  four  or five  in the outmost fruitful  branches  thereof, saith  the LORD  God  of Israel.  [7] At that day  shall a man  look  to his Maker,  and his eyes  shall have respect  to the Holy  One of Israel.  [8] And he shall not look  to the altars,  the work  of his hands,  neither shall respect  that which his fingers  have made,  either the groves,  or the images.  [9] In that day  shall his strong  cities  be as a forsaken  bough,  and an uppermost branch,  which they left  because  of the children  of Israel:  and there shall be desolation.  [10] Because thou hast forgotten  the God  of thy salvation,  and hast not been mindful  of the rock  of thy strength,  therefore shalt thou plant  pleasant  plants,  and shalt set  it with strange  slips:  [11] In the day  shalt thou make thy plant  to grow,  and in the morning  shalt thou make thy seed  to flourish:  but the harvest  shall be a heap  in the day  of grief  and of desperate  sorrow.