Israel Did Not Accept Correction
And lack of bread in all your places;
aYet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
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.
But they were not satisfied;
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.
Your young men I killed with a sword,
Along with your captive horses;
I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
As God overthrew aSodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
Because I will do this to you,
aPrepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
He who forms mountains,
And creates the1 wind,
aWho declares to man what1 his thought is,
And makes the morning darkness,
bWho treads the high places of the earth—
cThe Lord God of hosts is His name.
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American Standard Version
So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Amplified® Bible
So [the people of] two or three cities wandered {and} staggered into one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord.
Contemporary English Version
People from two or three towns would go to a town that still had water, but it wasn't enough. Even then you rejected me. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Darby English Version
And two, three, cities wandered unto one city, to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Good News Bible
Weak with thirst, the people of several cities went to a city where they hoped to find water, but there was not enough to drink. Still you did not come back to me.
King James Version
So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
"So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me, declares the LORD."
New International Version
People staggered from town to town for water
but did not get enough to drink,
yet you have not returned to me,"
declares the LORD.
New King James Version
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.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not become satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD.
Revised Standard Version
so two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me," says the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And wandered have two or three cities, Unto the same city to drink water, And they are not satisfied, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
New English Translation
People from1 two or three cities staggered into one city to get2 water, but remained thirsty.3 Still you did not come back to me.” The Lord is speaking!
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