9. In that day all their strong cities will be empty. They will be like the cities the Hivites and the Amorites left when the Israelites came to take the land. Everything will be ruined.
10. You have forgotten the God who saves you;you have not remembered that God is your place of safety.You plant the finest grapevinesand grapevines from faraway places.
11. You plant your grapevines one day and try to make them grow,and the next day you make them blossom.But at harvest time everything will be dead;a sickness will kill all the plants.
12. Listen to the many people!Their crying is like the noise from the sea.Listen to the nations!Their crying is like the crashing of great waves.