3. You will go straight out of the citythrough holes in the walls,and you will be thrown on the garbage dump,” says the Lord.
4. “Come to the city of Bethel and sin;come to Gilgal and sin even more.Offer your sacrifices every morning,and bring one-tenth of your crops every three days.
5. Offer bread made with yeast as a sacrifice to show your thanks,and brag about the special offerings you bring,because this is what you love to do, Israelites,” says the Lord God.
6. “I did not give you any food in your cities,and there was not enough to eat in any of your towns,but you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.
7. “I held back the rain from youthree months before harvest time.Then I let it rain on one citybut not on another.Rain fell on one field,but another field got none and dried up.