50:1 This is what the Lord says:
“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate
by which I divorced her?
Or to which of my creditors did I sell you?
Look, you were sold because of your sins;
because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.
50:2 Why does no one challenge me when I come?
Why does no one respond when I call?
Is my hand too weak
Do I lack the power to rescue you?
Look, with a mere shout
I can turn streams into a desert,
so the fish rot away and die
from lack of water.
5:6 I will make it a wasteland;
no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground,
and thorns and briers will grow there.
I will order the clouds
not to drop any rain on it.
4:4 “Go to Bethel
At Gilgal
Bring your sacrifices in
your tithes on
4:5 Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast!
Make a public display of your voluntary offerings!
For you love to do this, you Israelites.”
The sovereign Lord is speaking!
4:6 “But surely I gave
you lacked food everywhere you live.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
4:7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest.
I gave rain to one city, but not to another.
One field
4:8 People from
but remained thirsty.
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!
4:9 “I destroyed your crops
Locusts kept
Still you did not come back to me.”
The Lord is speaking!