⁹ By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned^(A) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^(B)
When he makes all the altar stones^(C)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles^[a](D) or incense altars^(E)
    will be left standing.
¹⁰ The fortified city stands desolate,^(F)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken^(G) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,^(H)
    there they lie down;^(I)
    they strip its branches bare.
¹¹ When its twigs are dry, they are broken off^(J)
    and women come and make fires^(K) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;^(L)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator^(M) shows them no favor.^(N)