6  “I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,

and lack of bread in all your places,

yet you did not ^areturn to me,”

declares the Lord.

7  “I also ^bwithheld the rain from you

when 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 city

to drink water, ^cand would not be satisfied;

yet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.

9  “I struck you with ^dblight and mildew;

your many gardens and your vineyards,

your fig trees and your olive trees the ^elocust devoured;

yet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.

10  “I sent among you a pestilence ^fafter the manner of Egypt;

^gI killed your young men with the sword,

and carried away your horses,¹

and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;

yet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.

11  “I overthrew some of you,

^has when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,

and you were as a brand² plucked out of the burning;

yet you did not return to me,”

declares the Lord.

12  “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;

because I will do this to you,

prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”