4:4 “Go to Bethel 1 and rebel! 2
At Gilgal 3 rebel some more!
Bring your sacrifices in 4 the morning,
your tithes on 5 the third day!
4:5 Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! 6
Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! 7
For you love to do this, you Israelites.”
The sovereign Lord is speaking!
4:6 “But surely I gave 8 you no food to eat in any of your cities;
you lacked food everywhere you live. 9
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
4:7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. 10
I gave rain to one city, but not to another.
One field 11 would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
4:8 People from 12 two or three cities staggered into one city to get 13 water,
but remained thirsty. 14
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
4:9 “I destroyed your crops 15 with blight and disease.
Locusts kept 16 devouring your orchards, 17 vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!