⁶ “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
    and lack of bread in every town,
    yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(H)

⁷ “I also withheld^(I) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.^(J)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
⁸ People staggered from town to town for water^(K)
    but did not get enough^(L) to drink,
    yet you have not returned^(M) to me,”
declares the Lord.^(N)

⁹ “Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
    destroying them with blight and mildew.^(O)
Locusts^(P) devoured your fig and olive trees,^(Q)
    yet you have not returned^(R) to me,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁰ “I sent plagues^(S) among you
    as I did to Egypt.^(T)
I killed your young men^(U) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench^(V) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”^(W)
declares the Lord.^(X)

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

¹² “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
    and because I will do this to you, Israel,
    prepare to meet your God.”

¹³ He who forms the mountains,^(AB)
    who creates the wind,^(AC)
    and who reveals his thoughts^(AD) to mankind,
who turns dawn to darkness,
    and treads on the heights of the earth^(AE)—
    the Lord God Almighty is his name.^(AF)