⁶ For ^(A)a nation has come up against My land,
Strong, and without number;
^(B)His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a ^[a]fierce lion.

^13 (A)Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

¹² “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
^(A)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”

¹³ So ^(A)rend your heart, and not ^(B)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is ^(C)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.

⁸ “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
^(A)In tithes and offerings.

⁹ You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.