Add parallel Print Page Options

10 “I sent plagues on you
    like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
    and led all your horses away.[a]
    The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
    says the Lord.

11 “I destroyed some of your cities,
    as I destroyed[b] Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those of you who survived
    were like charred sticks pulled from a fire.
But still you would not return to me,”
    says the Lord.

12 “Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced.
    Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 4:10 Or and slaughtered your captured horses.
  2. 4:11 Hebrew as when God destroyed.

10 “I sent plagues(A) among you
    as I did to Egypt.(B)
I killed your young men(C) with the sword,
    along with your captured horses.
I filled your nostrils with the stench(D) of your camps,
    yet you have not returned to me,”(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

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

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.”

Read full chapter