4 “Comea to Bethel and transgress,
At bGilgal multiply transgression;
cBring your sacrifices every morning,
dYour tithes every three1 days.
At bGilgal multiply transgression;
cBring your sacrifices every morning,
dYour tithes every three1 days.
5 aOffer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven,
Proclaim and announce bthe freewill offerings;
For this you love,
You children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.
Proclaim and announce bthe freewill offerings;
For this you love,
You children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.
Israel Did Not Accept Correction
6 “Also I gave you1 cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
aYet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
And lack of bread in all your places;
aYet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
7 “I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
9 “Ia blasted you with blight and mildew.
When your gardens increased,
Your vineyards,
Your fig trees,
And your olive trees,
bThe locust devoured them;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
When your gardens increased,
Your vineyards,
Your fig trees,
And your olive trees,
bThe locust devoured them;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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