10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,

and you have failed to remember

the rock of your strength;p

therefore you will plant beautiful plants

and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

11 On the day that you plant,

you will help them to grow,

and in the morning

you will help your seed to sprout,

but the harvest will vanish

on the day of disease and incurable pain.

JUDGMENT AGAINST THE NATIONS

12 Ah! The roar of many peoples—

they roar like the roaring of the seas.

The raging of the nations—

they rage like the rumble of rushing water.q

13 The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent.r

He rebukes them, and they flee far away,s

driven before the wind like chaff on the hillst

and like tumbleweeds before a gale.

14 In the evening—sudden terror!

Before morning—it is gone!

This is the fate of those who plunder us

and the lot of those who ravage us.