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The people of Jacob will have to pay for their sin.
    Here is how they will show that their sin has been removed.
They will make all the altar stones like limestone.
    They will crush them to pieces.
No poles used to worship the female god named Asherah will be left standing.
    No incense altars will be left either.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:9 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah