Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have
King James Version
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
International Standard Version
"I also have scheduled food shortages for you in all of your cities, and lack of bread in all of your settlements, but you haven't returned to me," declares the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places, yet ye have not returned to me, says LORD.
American Standard Version
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“I also gave you cleanness of teeth [because of the famine] in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me [in repentance],” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet ye have not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And also I gave to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: and ye turned not back even to me, says Jehovah.
King James 2000
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet have you not returned unto me, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And I in turn gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, and you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Therefore have I given you idle teeth in all your cities, and scarceness of bread in all your places: yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!
New Heart English Bible
"I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me," says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Moreover also, I, have given you cleanness of teeth throughout all your cities, and want of bread throughout all your dwelling-places, - Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.
Webster
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned to me, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
"I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I also -- I have given to you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And lack of bread in all your places, And ye have not turned back unto Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.
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God's Discipline And Israel's Apostasy
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and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings,
for that is what you Israelites love to do!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
while there were still three months until harvest.
I sent rain on one city
but no rain on another.
One field received rain
while a field with no rain withered.
Cross References
Haggai 2:17
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew,
Jeremiah 5:3
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.
Isaiah 9:13
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.
Leviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, 10 women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 28:38
“You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it.
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.
The famine was severe in Samaria.
2 Kings 4:38
When Elisha returned to Gilgal,
2 Kings 6:25-29
So there was a great famine
2 Kings 8:1
Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,
2 Chronicles 28:22
At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord.
Isaiah 3:1
is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah
every kind of security:
the entire supply of bread and water,
Isaiah 26:11
but they do not see it.
They will see Your zeal for Your people,
and they will be put to shame.
The fire for Your adversaries will consume them!
Jeremiah 8:5-7
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
Ezekiel 16:27
“Therefore, I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your provisions. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the Philistine women,
Hosea 5:15-1
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.
Hosea 7:14-16
rather, they wail on their beds.
They slash themselves
they turn away from Me.
Joel 2:12-14
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Amos 4:8-9
to another city to drink water
but were not satisfied,
yet you did not return
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Zechariah 1:3-6
So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.
Revelation 2:21
Revelation 9:20-21
The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons
Revelation 16:10-11
The fifth