Isaiah 17:7-9

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⁷ Then the people will look up to the one who made them. Their eyes will see the Holy One of Israel. ⁸ They will not trust the great things they have made. They will not go to the special gardens^[a] and altars^[b] they made for false gods. ⁹ At that time all the walled cities will be empty. They will be like the mountains and the forests^[c] in the land before the Israelites came. In the past, all the people ran away because the Israelites were coming. In the future, the country will be empty again.