Isaiah 17:8
“By this it is clearly promised that the glory of Israel and all her riches will be taken away, and only a few, who like the few berries on an olive branch can be counted easily, will be left. These are the ones who believe in the Lord. Just after this there is a prophecy of the entire human race turning away from the…”
Source: Septuagint
8And they shall not at all trust in their altars, nor in the works of their hands, which their fingers made; and they shall not look to the trees, nor to their abominations.
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6and as if there should be left stubble therein, or as it were the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the topmost bough, or as if four or five should be left on their branches; thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel.
7In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
— Isaiah 17:8 —
9In that day thy cities shall be deserted, as the Amorites and the Hivites deserted theirs, because of the children of Israel; and they shall be desolate.
10Because thou hast forsaken God thy Savior, and hast not been mindful of the Lord thy helper; therefore shalt thou plant a false plant, and a false seed.