Say ye unto your brethren
, Ammi
; and to your sisters
, Ruhamah
.
Plead with your mother
, plead
: for she is not my wife
, neither am I her husband
: let her therefore put away
her whoredoms
out of her sight
, and her adulteries
from between her breasts
;
Lest I strip her naked
, and set
her as in the day
that she was born
, and make
her as a wilderness
, and set
her like a dry
land
, and slay
her with thirst
.
And I will not have mercy upon her children
; for they be the children
of whoredoms
.
For their mother hath played the harlot
: she that conceived
them hath done shamefully
: for she said
, I will go
after
my lovers
, that give
me my bread
and my water
, my wool
and my flax
, mine oil
and my drink
.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way
with thorns
, and make
a wall
, that she shall not find
her paths
.
And she shall follow after her lovers
, but she shall not overtake
them; and she shall seek
them, but shall not find
them : then shall she say
, I will go
and return
to my first
husband
; for then was it better
with me than now
.
For she did not know that I gave
her corn
, and wine
, and oil
, and multiplied
her silver
and gold
, which they prepared
for Baal
.
Therefore will I return, and take away
my corn
in the time
thereof, and my wine
in the season
thereof, and will recover
my wool
and my flax
given to cover
her nakedness
.
And now will I discover her lewdness
in the sight
of her lovers
, and none
shall deliver
her out of mine hand
.
I will also cause all her mirth to cease
, her feast days
, her new moons
, and her sabbaths
, and all her solemn feasts
.
And I will destroy her vines
and her fig trees
, whereof she hath said
, These are my rewards
that my lovers
have given
me: and I will make
them a forest
, and the beasts
of the field
shall eat
them.
And I will visit upon her the days
of Baalim
, wherein she burned incense
to them, and she decked
herself with her earrings
and her jewels
, and she went
after
her lovers
, and forgat
me, saith
the LORD
.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring
her into the wilderness
, and speak
comfortably
unto her.
And I will give her her vineyards
from thence, and the valley
of Achor
for a door
of hope
: and she shall sing
there, as in the days
of her youth
, and as in the day
when she came up
out of the land
of Egypt
.
And it shall be at that day, saith
the LORD
, that thou shalt call
me Ishi
; and shalt call
me no more Baali
.
For I will take away the names
of Baalim
out of her mouth
, and they shall no more be remembered
by their name
.
And in that day will I make
a covenant
for them with the beasts
of the field
, and with the fowls
of heaven
, and with the creeping things
of the ground
: and I will break
the bow
and the sword
and the battle
out of the earth
, and will make them to lie down
safely
.
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever
; yea, I will betroth
thee unto me in righteousness
, and in judgment
, and in lovingkindness
, and in mercies
.
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness
: and thou shalt know
the LORD
.
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear
, saith
the LORD
, I will hear
the heavens
, and they shall hear
the earth
;
And the earth shall hear
the corn
, and the wine
, and the oil
; and they shall hear
Jezreel
.
And I will sow her unto me in the earth
; and I will have mercy
upon her that had not obtained mercy
; and I will say
to them which were not my people
, Thou art my people
; and they shall say
, Thou art my God
.