2 The Lord God has sworn by His holiness: Look, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, every last one of you with fishhooks.
3 You will go through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead,and you will be driven along toward Harmon.This is the Lord’s declaration.
4 Come to Bethel and rebel;rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tenths every three days.
5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings, for that is what you Israelites love to do! This is the Lord’s declaration.
6 I gave you absolutely nothing to eat in all your cities,a shortage of food in all your communities,yet you did not return to Me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
7 I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest.I sent rain on one citybut no rain on another. One field received rainwhile a field with no rain withered.
8 Two or three cities staggeredto another city to drink water but were not satisfied, yet you did not return to Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.