In verse 9, the full fruitage of the removal of Jacob's sin was when he crushes/destroys all the altar stones, Asherah poles, and incense altars that were not intentionally made to worship our God. In today's society you rarely see these altar stones and Asherah poles for idolatry... but idolatry still exists in our hearts. We have mental/psychological altars for things of the world. For school, money, career, social status, etc. God bears fruit in us when we're able to get rid of all of the idols in our lives. They consume us and draw our full attention away from the Living God. God should be the only one that we have an altar for. He is the only one that we are to worship.
In verse 13 you read that those who were perished or exiled do come back. It's terrible that we get to sense and feel the presence of the Lord especially during times of trouble when we are in need of Him. We should be turning towards God in the good and bad times. However, even at our lowest points in life God will extend His hand to us. Even when we constantly stumble into sin, He will continue to love us so. It's up to us whether or not we will cast our eyes on our Saviour and acknowledge Him through our worship and praise.
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