3 And you shall go out through the breaches,each one straight ahead;and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”declares the Lord.
4 “Come to Bethel, and transgress;to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning,your tithes every three days;
5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened,and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”declares the Lord God.
6 “I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.
7 “I also withheld the rain from youwhen there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city,and send no rain on another city;one field would have rain,and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
8 so two or three cities would wander to another cityto drink water, and would not be satisfied; yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.
9 “I struck you with blight and mildew;your many gardens and your vineyards,your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me,”declares the Lord.