What did Yahweh do to the gardens, vineyards, and trees so that the people of Israel would return to him? Yahweh afflicted the gardens, vineyards, and trees with blight and mildew, and devoured them with locusts [1:9] How did the people of Israel respond to Yahweh's attempts to cause them to return? The people of Israel did not return to Yahweh [1:6; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11]