8. So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water,and were not satisfied:yet you haven’t returned to me,” says the Lord.
9. “I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards;and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured:yet you haven’t returned to me,” says the Lord.
10. “I sent plagues amongst you like I did Egypt.I have slain your young men with the sword,and have carried away your horses;and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp,yet you haven’t returned to me,” says the Lord.
11. “I have overthrown some of you,as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire;yet you haven’t returned to me,” says the Lord.
12. “Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel;because I will do this to you,prepare to meet your God, Israel.
13. For, behold, he who forms the mountains,and creates the wind,and declares to man what is his thought;who makes the morning darkness,and treads on the high places of the earth:The Lord, the God of Hosts, is his name.”