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“I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew.
    Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees.
But still you would not return to me,”
    says the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues on you
    like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
    and led all your horses away.[a]
    The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
    says the Lord.

11 “I destroyed some of your cities,
    as I destroyed[b] Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those of you who survived
    were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.
But still you would not return to me,”
    says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:10 Or and slaughtered your captured horses.
  2. 4:11 Hebrew as when God destroyed.

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.(A)
Locusts(B) devoured your fig and olive trees,(C)
    yet you have not returned(D) to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent plagues(E) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(F)
I killed your young men(G) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(H) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(I)
declares the Lord.(J)

11 “I overthrew some of you
    as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.(K)
You were like a burning stick(L) snatched from the fire,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(M)

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