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Israel's pride testifies against him; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, or seek him, for all this.

It was I who trained and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

The prophet is a sentinel for my God over Ephraim, yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hostility in the house of his God.

Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.

Yet I have been the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.

Yet even now, says the Lord , return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was as strong as oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.

I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me, says the Lord .

so two or three towns wandered to one town to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord .

I struck you with blight and mildew; I laid waste your gardens and your vineyards; the locust devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord .

I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword; I carried away your horses; and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord .

I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a brand snatched from the fire; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord .

at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.

For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, yet disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

Its rulers give judgment for a bribe, its priests teach for a price, its prophets give oracles for money; yet they lean upon the Lord and say, "Surely the Lord is with us! No harm shall come upon us."

Yet she became an exile, she went into captivity; even her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; lots were cast for her nobles, all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.

yet I will rejoice in the Lord ; I will exult in the God of my salvation.

Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord 's house.

Yet now take courage, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord ; take courage, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord ; work, for I am with you, says the Lord of hosts,

I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and mildew and hail; yet you did not return to me, says the Lord .