4:4 “Go to Bethel
At Gilgal
Bring your sacrifices in
your tithes on
4:8 People from
but remained thirsty.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
1:3 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Damascus has committed three crimes
make that four!
decree of judgment.
They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.
1:6 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Gaza
make that four!
They deported a whole community
1:9 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Tyre has committed three crimes
make that four!
They sold
they failed to observe
1:13 This is what the Lord says:
“Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes
make that four!
They ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women
so they could expand their territory.
2:1 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Moab has committed three crimes
make that four!
They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.
2:6 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions
make that four!
They sold the innocent
the needy for a pair of sandals.
1:11 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Edom has committed three crimes
make that four!
He chased his brother
he wiped out his allies.
In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest;
in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
2:4 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions
make that four!
They rejected the Lord’s law;
they did not obey his commands.
Their false gods,
to which their fathers were loyal,
led them astray.
4:7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest.
I gave rain to one city, but not to another.
One field