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The cultural and historical distance between the Old Testament prophets and their modern readers makes close study difficult. While these individuals spoke from God and therefore left a message that will always be relevant, God delivered His words through the vehicle of the prophets and their own situation in life. I have tried here to use the tools of language and history to help the reader...

Still you have not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh. 9“I struck you with *blight and mildew. The *increase of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig and olive trees the locust would devour. Still you have not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh. 10“I sent out among you a plague after the manner of Egypt. I slew with the sword your young men, along with your *captured horses, making the stench of your camps go into your nostrils. Still you have not returned to Me,” declares Yahweh. 11“I overthrew some
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