Isaiah 27:7-9

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^7-8 Has God punished Israel as much as he has punished her enemies? No, for he has devastated her enemies,^[a] while he has punished Israel but a little, exiling her far from her own land as though blown away in a storm from the east. ⁹ And why did God do it? It was to purge away^[b] her sins, to rid her of all her idol altars and her idols. They will never be worshiped again.