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Israel’s devotion to things of their own making will come to nothing. If God is not the center of their work and striving, every gain is in fact a loss.

10 You have proven forgetful of God—how God pulls you clear of danger,
    how God stands firm, like a great Rock where you can take shelter.
Because you have forgotten the one True God,
    you planted pleasant gardens and set out tender vines of a strange god.
11 They sprouted so quickly the day you set them out;
    they budded immediately the morning you planted them;
But you will never gather any sweet grapes from them.
    What you reap will be illness and pain; that day will be filled with sadness.

12 Listen to the restless roar of the peoples!
    They roar like a fitful sea.
Listen to the crashing thunder of the nations;
    they thunder like a powerful surge of water.

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10 You have forgotten(A) God your Savior;(B)
    you have not remembered the Rock,(C) your fortress.(D)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
    and plant imported vines,(E)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
    and on the morning(F) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(G) will be as nothing(H)
    in the day of disease and incurable(I) pain.(J)

12 Woe to the many nations that rage(K)
    they rage like the raging sea!(L)
Woe to the peoples who roar(M)
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!(N)

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