2 The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character:“Certainly the time is approachingwhen you will be carried away in baskets,every last one of you in fishermen’s pots.
3 Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls;you will be thrown out toward Harmon.”The Lord is speaking!
4 “Go to Bethel and rebel!At Gilgal rebel some more!Bring your sacrifices in the morning,your tithes on the third day!
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!
6 “But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities;you lacked food everywhere you live.Still you did not come back to me.”The Lord is speaking!
7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
8 People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me.” The Lord is speaking!