¹⁵ “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,^(A)
    I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,^(B)
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;^(C)
    all their leaders are rebellious.^(D)

¹⁵ Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide^(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?^(B) Who will know?”^(C)

⁹ As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,^(A)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder^(B) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.^(C)

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)

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

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

¹⁰ “I sent plagues^(L) among you
    as I did to Egypt.^(M)
I killed your young men^(N) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench^(O) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”^(P)
declares the Lord.^(Q)

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

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.”