8. People staggered from town to town for waterbut did not get enough to drink,yet you have not returned to me,’declares the Lord.
9. ‘Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,destroying them with blight and mildew.Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees,yet you have not returned to me,’declares the Lord.
10. ‘I sent plagues among youas I did to Egypt.I killed your young men with the sword,along with your captured horses.I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps,yet you have not returned to me,’declares the Lord.
11. ‘I overthrew some of youas I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire,yet you have not returned to me,’declares the Lord.