In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places in the woods and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Yisra'el; and it will be a desolation.
For you have forgotten the God of your yeshu`ah, and have not remembered the rock of your strength. Therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign seedlings.
They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they respect that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the incense altars.
For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.
Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beit-Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
The high places of Yitzchak will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Yisra'el will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Yarov`am with the sword.*
For the statutes of `Omri 1 are kept, and all the works of the house of Ach'av. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people.*