⁹ “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.

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.^(A)

⁸ People staggered from town to town for water^(A)
    but did not get enough^(B) to drink,
    yet you have not returned^(C) to me,”
declares the Lord.^(D)

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts^(A) have eaten^(B)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[a]—
my great army^(C) that I sent among you.

⁷ It has laid waste^(A) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.^(B)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.