GOD’S DISCIPLINE AND ISRAEL’S APOSTASY

6 I gave you absolutely nothing to eatE,ao

in all your cities,

a shortage of food in all your communities,

yet you did not return to me.ap

This is the Lord’s declaration.

7 I also withheld the rain from youaq

while there were still three months until harvest.

I sent rain on one city

but no rain on another.ar

One field received rain

while a field with no rain withered.a

8 Two or three cities staggered

to another city to drink waterb

but were not satisfied,c

yet you did not returnd to me.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

9 I struck you with blight and mildew;e

the locust devouredf

your many gardens and vineyards,

your fig trees and olive trees,g

yet you did not return to me.h

This is the Lord’s declaration.

10 I sent plagues like those of Egypt;i

I killed your young men with the sword,j

along with your captured horses.k

I caused the stench of your camp

to fill your nostrils,l

yet you did not return to me.m

This is the Lord’s declaration.