Isaias

5 And it shall be like as if one gather a standing harvest, and reap the seed of ears of corn with his arm; and it shall be like as if one gather an ear of corn in a barren valley,

6 And there be left in it a stalk, or as it were olive berries, two or three on high in the air, or four or five upon the branches thereof. Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel.

7 In that day shall a man trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall look unto the Holy One of Israel.

8 And they shall not trust in their altars, nor in the works of their hands, which their fingers made; and they shall not look upon their groves, nor their abominations.

9 In that day shall thy cities be abandoned, like as the Amorites and the Hivites abandoned them from before the children of Israel; and they shall be desolate.

10 Because thou didst abandon God thy Saviour, and τε· memberedst not the Lord thy helper. Therefore shalt thou plant an unfaithful plant, and an unfaithful seed.

11 But in the day when thou plantest it, thou shalt wander; and in the morning if thou sowest, it shall blossom to harvest, in whatsoever day thou shalt obtain it; and like a ’s father, thou shalt obtain it for (thy) sons.

12 Woe, the multitude of many nations: as a billowy sea, so shall ye be confounded, and the surface of many nations shall sound as water

13 As much water are many nations, as when much water is violently borne along; and he shall cast him off, and pursue him afar, as the dust Of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and like a whirlwind carrying along a circling dust cloud. I