He also removed the high places and incense altars from all of the cities of Judah. As a result, the kingdom enjoyed rest under Asa's leadership.

They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.

Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far from their demolished homes.

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

Say, I am your wonder: as I did, so it shall be done to them: by emigrating, they shall go into captivity.

Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.