1 They say 559, If a man 376 put away 7971 his wife 802, and she go 1980 from him, and become another 312 man's 376, shall he return unto her again 7725? shall not that land 776 be greatly 2610 polluted 2610? but thou hast played the harlot 2181 with many 7227 lovers 7453; yet return again 7725 to me, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
2 Lift up 5375 thine eyes 5869 unto the high places 8205, and see 7200 where 375 thou hast not been lien 7693 7901 with. In the ways 1870 hast thou sat 3427 for them, as the Arabian 6163 in the wilderness 4057; and thou hast polluted 2610 the land 776 with thy whoredoms 2184 and with thy wickedness 7451.
3 Therefore the showers 7241 have been withholden 4513, and there hath been no latter rain 4456; and thou hadst a whore's 2181 802 forehead 4696, thou refusedst 3985 to be ashamed 3637.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry 7121 unto me, My father 1, thou art the guide 441 of my youth 5271?
5 Will he reserve 5201 his anger for ever 5769? will he keep 8104 it to the end 5331? Behold, thou hast spoken 1696 and done 6213 evil things 7451 as thou couldest 3201.
6 The LORD 3068 said 559 also unto me in the days 3117 of Josiah 2977 the king 4428, Hast thou seen 7200 that which backsliding 4878 Israel 3478 hath done 6213? she is gone up 1980 upon every high 1364 mountain 2022 and under 8478 every green 7488 tree 6086, and there hath played the harlot 2181.
7 And I said 559 after 310 she had done 6213 all these things, Turn 7725 thou unto me. But she returned 7725 not. And her treacherous 901 sister 269 Judah 3063 saw 7200 it.
8 And I saw 7200, when for all the causes 182 whereby backsliding 4878 Israel 3478 committed adultery 5003 I had put her away 7971, and given 5414 her a bill 5612 of divorce 3748; yet her treacherous 898 sister 269 Judah 3063 feared 3372 not, but went 3212 and played the harlot 2181 also.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness 6963 of her whoredom 2184, that she defiled 2610 the land 776, and committed adultery 5003 with stones 68 and with stocks 6086.
10 And yet for all this her treacherous 901 sister 269 Judah 3063 hath not turned 7725 unto me with her whole heart 3820, but feignedly 8267, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
11 And the LORD 3068 said 559 unto me, The backsliding 4878 Israel 3478 hath justified 6663 herself 5315 more than treacherous 898 Judah 3063.
12 Go 1980 and proclaim 7121 these words 1697 toward the north 6828, and say 559, Return 7725, thou backsliding 4878 Israel 3478, saith 5002 the LORD 3068; and I will not cause mine anger 6440 to fall 5307 upon you: for I am merciful 2623, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, and I will not keep 5201 anger for ever 5769.
13 Only acknowledge 3045 thine iniquity 5771, that thou hast transgressed 6586 against the LORD 3068 thy God 430, and hast scattered 6340 thy ways 1870 to the strangers 2114 under every green 7488 tree 6086, and ye have not obeyed 8085 my voice 6963, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
14 Turn 7725, O backsliding 7726 children 1121, saith 5002 the LORD 3068; for I am married 1166 unto you: and I will take 3947 you one 259 of a city 5892, and two 8147 of a family 4940, and I will bring 935 you to Zion 6726:
15 And I will give 5414 you pastors 7462 according to mine heart 3820, which shall feed 7462 you with knowledge 1844 and understanding 7919.
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied 7235 and increased 6509 in the land 776, in those days 3117, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, they shall say 559 no more, The ark 727 of the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068: neither shall it come 5927 to mind 3820: neither shall they remember 2142 it; neither shall they visit 6485 it; neither shall that be done 6213 any more.
17 At that time 6256 they shall call 7121 Jerusalem 3389 the throne 3678 of the LORD 3068; and all the nations 1471 shall be gathered 6960 unto it, to the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, to Jerusalem 3389: neither shall they walk 3212 any more after 310 the imagination 8307 of their evil 7451 heart 3820.
18 In those days 3117 the house 1004 of Judah 3063 shall walk 3212 with the house 1004 of Israel 3478, and they shall come 935 together 3162 out of the land 776 of the north 6828 to the land 776 that I have given for an inheritance 5157 unto your fathers 1.
19 But I said 559, How shall I put 7896 thee among the children 1121, and give 5414 thee a pleasant 2532 land 776, a goodly 6643 heritage 5159 of the hosts 6635 of nations 1471? and I said 559, Thou shalt call 7121 me, My father 1; and shalt not turn away 7725 from me 310.
20 Surely 403 as a wife 802 treacherously 898 departeth from her husband 7453, so have ye dealt treacherously 898 with me, O house 1004 of Israel 3478, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
21 A voice 6963 was heard 8085 upon the high places 8205, weeping 1065 and supplications 8469 of the children 1121 of Israel 3478: for they have perverted 5753 their way 1870, and they have forgotten 7911 the LORD 3068 their God 430.
22 Return 7725, ye backsliding 7726 children 1121, and I will heal 7495 your backslidings 4878. Behold, we come 857 unto thee; for thou art the LORD 3068 our God 430.
23 Truly 403 in vain 8267 is salvation hoped for from the hills 1389, and from the multitude 1995 of mountains 2022: truly 403 in the LORD 3068 our God 430 is the salvation 8668 of Israel 3478.
24 For shame 1322 hath devoured 398 the labour 3018 of our fathers 1 from our youth 5271; their flocks 6629 and their herds 1241, their sons 1121 and their daughters 1323.
25 We lie down 7901 in our shame 1322, and our confusion 3639 covereth 3680 us: for we have sinned 2398 against the LORD 3068 our God 430, we and our fathers 1, from our youth 5271 even unto this day 3117, and have not obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068 our God 430.