⁶ In days to come Jacob will take root,^(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom^(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.^(C)

⁷ Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck^(D) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
⁸ By warfare^[a] and exile^(E) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind^(F) blows.
⁹ By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned^(G) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^(H)
When he makes all the altar stones^(I)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles^[b](J) or incense altars^(K)
    will be left standing.
¹⁰ The fortified city stands desolate,^(L)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken^(M) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,^(N)
    there they lie down;^(O)
    they strip its branches bare.
¹¹ When its twigs are dry, they are broken off^(P)
    and women come and make fires^(Q) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;^(R)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator^(S) shows them no favor.^(T)

⁵ In that day^(AP) the Lord Almighty
    will be a glorious^(AQ) crown,^(AR)
a beautiful wreath
    for the remnant^(AS) of his people.
⁶ He will be a spirit of justice^(AT)
    to the one who sits in judgment,^(AU)
a source of strength
    to those who turn back the battle^(AV) at the gate.

⁷ And these also stagger^(AW) from wine^(AX)
    and reel^(AY) from beer:
Priests^(AZ) and prophets^(BA) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,^(BB)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.
⁸ All the tables are covered with vomit^(BC)
    and there is not a spot without filth.

⁹ “Who is it he is trying to teach?^(BD)
    To whom is he explaining his message?^(BE)
To children weaned^(BF) from their milk,^(BG)
    to those just taken from the breast?
¹⁰ For it is:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that^[c];
    a little here, a little there.^(BH)”

¹¹ Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues^(BI)
    God will speak to this people,^(BJ)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;^(BK)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.
¹³ So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that;
    a little here, a little there^(BL)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
    they will be injured^(BM) and snared and captured.^(BN)

⁶ In days to come Jacob will take root,^(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom^(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.^(C)

⁷ Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck^(D) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
⁸ By warfare^[a] and exile^(E) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind^(F) blows.
⁹ By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned^(G) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^(H)
When he makes all the altar stones^(I)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles^[b](J) or incense altars^(K)
    will be left standing.
¹⁰ The fortified city stands desolate,^(L)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken^(M) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,^(N)
    there they lie down;^(O)
    they strip its branches bare.
¹¹ When its twigs are dry, they are broken off^(P)
    and women come and make fires^(Q) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;^(R)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator^(S) shows them no favor.^(T)

⁵ In that day^(AP) the Lord Almighty
    will be a glorious^(AQ) crown,^(AR)
a beautiful wreath
    for the remnant^(AS) of his people.
⁶ He will be a spirit of justice^(AT)
    to the one who sits in judgment,^(AU)
a source of strength
    to those who turn back the battle^(AV) at the gate.

⁷ And these also stagger^(AW) from wine^(AX)
    and reel^(AY) from beer:
Priests^(AZ) and prophets^(BA) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,^(BB)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.
⁸ All the tables are covered with vomit^(BC)
    and there is not a spot without filth.

⁹ “Who is it he is trying to teach?^(BD)
    To whom is he explaining his message?^(BE)
To children weaned^(BF) from their milk,^(BG)
    to those just taken from the breast?
¹⁰ For it is:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that^[c];
    a little here, a little there.^(BH)”

¹¹ Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues^(BI)
    God will speak to this people,^(BJ)
12 to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;^(BK)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.
¹³ So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that;
    a little here, a little there^(BL)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
    they will be injured^(BM) and snared and captured.^(BN)