I smote you with blasting and with mildew "Two diseases of the corn which Moses had foretold (Deuteronomy 28:22) as chastisements on disobedience, and God's infliction of which Amos had spoken of in these selfsame words (Amos 4:9). Haggai adds the hailas destructive of the vines (Psalms 78:47)." Pusey.

labours Rather, work. R. V.

yet ye turned not to me Lit. yet not (no-such-thing-as) yourselves to me. The word "turning," or a similar word, may be supplied from the parallel passage in Amos 4:9: "yet there was no turning of yourselves to me." The negation is a strong one, and denies any single instance of such turning.

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