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husbands,</p> <p class="sl1">“Bring us a drink!”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004002" class="ver">2</span>The Lord <span class="tetr">God</span> has sworn by his holiness:</p> <p class="sl">Truly days are coming upon you</p> <p class="sl1">when they shall drag you away with ropes,</p> <p class="sl1">your children with fishhooks;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004003" class="ver">3</span>You shall go out through the breached walls</p> <p class="sl1">one in front of the other,</p> <p class="sl">And you shall be exiled to Harmon—<a id="rfn37004003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37004003-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v37004004" class="ver">4</span>Come to Bethel<a id="rfn37004004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37004004-1">*</a> and sin,</p> <p class="sl1">to Gilgal and sin all the more!</p> <p class="sl">Each morning bring your sacrifices,</p> <p class="sl1">every third day your tithes;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004005" class="ver">5</span>Burn leavened bread as a thanksgiving sacrifice,</p> <p class="sl1">proclaim publicly your voluntary offerings,</p> <p class="sl">For so you love to do, Israelites—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the Lord <span class="tetr">God</span>.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v37004006" class="ver">6</span>Though I made your teeth</p> <p class="sl1">clean of food in all your cities,</p> <p class="sl1">and made bread scarce in all your dwellings,</p> <p class="sl">Yet you did not return to me—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren37004006-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37004006-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004007" class="ver">7</span><a id="ren37004007-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37004007-b">b</a> And I withheld the rain from you</p> <p class="sl1">when the harvest was still three months away;</p> <p class="sl">I sent rain upon one city</p> <p class="sl1">but not upon another;</p> <p class="sl">One field was watered by rain,</p> <p class="sl1">but the one I did not water dried up;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004008" class="ver">8</span>Two or three cities staggered to another to drink water</p> <p class="sl1">but were not satisfied;</p> <p class="sl">Yet you did not return to me—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004009" class="ver">9</span>I struck you with blight and mildew;</p> <p class="sl1">locusts devoured your gardens and vineyards,</p> <p class="sl1">the caterpillar consumed your fig trees and olive trees;</p> <p class="sl">Yet you did not return to me—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren37004009-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37004009-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004010" class="ver">10</span>I sent upon you pestilence like that of Egypt;<a id="ren37004010-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37004010-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">with the sword I killed your young men and your captured horses,</p> <p class="sl1">and to your nostrils I brought the stench of your camps;</p> <p class="sl">Yet you did not return to me—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004011" class="ver">11</span>I overthrew you</p> <p class="sl1">as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah;</p> <p class="sl1">you were like a brand plucked from the fire,<a id="ren37004011-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en37004011-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl">Yet you did not return to me—</p> <p class="sl1">oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004012" class="ver">12</span>Therefore thus I will do to you,<a id="rfn37004012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn37004012-1">*</a> Israel:</p> <p class="sl1">and since I will deal thus with you,</p> <p class="sl1">prepare to meet your God, O Israel!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v37004013" class="ver">13</span>The one who forms mountains and creates winds,</p> <p class="sl1">and declares to mortals their thoughts;</p> <p class="sl">Who makes dawn into darkness</p> <p class="sl1">and strides upon the heights of the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of hosts, is his name!</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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