1Say to your brothers
, " 2Ammi
," and to your sisters
, " 3Ruhamah
."
"Contend with your mother
, acontend
, For she is bnot my wife
, and I am not her husband
; And let her put
away
her charlotry
from her face
And her adultery
from between
her breasts
,
Or I will strip
her anaked
And expose
her as on the bday
when she was born
. I will also cmake
her like a wilderness
, Make
her like desert
land
And slay
her with dthirst
.
"Also, I will have no
compassion
on her children
, Because
they are achildren
of harlotry
.
"For their mother has aplayed
the harlot
; She who conceived
them has acted
shamefully
. For she said
, ` aI will go
after
my lovers
, Who bgive
me my bread
and my water
, My wool
and my flax
, my coil
and my drink
.'
"Therefore, behold
, I will ahedge
up 1her way
with bthorns
, And I will build
2a wall
against her so that she cannot
find
her cpaths
.
"She will apursue her lovers
, but she will not overtake
them; And she will seek
them, but will not find
them. Then she will say
, ` bI will go
back
to my cfirst
husband
, For it was dbetter
for me then
than
now
!'
"For she does anot know that it was bI who gave
her the grain
, the new
wine
and the oil
, And lavished
on her silver
and gold
, Which they 1used
for Baal
.
"Therefore, I will atake
back
My grain
at 1harvest time
And My new
wine
in its season
. I will also take
away
My wool
and My flax
Given to cover
her nakedness
.
"And then I will auncover
her lewdness
In the sight
of her lovers
, And no
one
will rescue
her out of My hand
.
"I will also aput an end
to all
her gaiety
, Her bfeasts
, her cnew
moons
, her sabbaths
And all
her festal
assemblies
.
"I will adestroy her vines
and fig
trees
, Of which
she said
, `These
are my wages
Which
my lovers
have given
me.' And I will bmake
them a forest
, And the cbeasts
of the field
will devour
them.
"I will punish her for the adays
of the Baals
When
she used to 1 boffer
sacrifices
to them And cadorn
herself with her 2earrings
and jewelry
, And follow
her lovers
, so that she dforgot
Me," declares
the LORD
.
"Therefore, behold
, I will allure
her, aBring
her into the wilderness
And speak
1kindly
to her.
"Then I will give her her avineyards
from there
, And bthe valley
of Achor
as a door
of hope
. And she will 1 csing
there
as in the days
of her youth
, As in the dday
when she came
up from the land
of Egypt
.
"It will come about in that day
," declares
the LORD
, "That you will call
Me 1 aIshi
And will no
longer
call
Me 2Baali
.
"For aI will remove the names
of the Baals
from her mouth
, So that they will be 1mentioned
by their names
no
more
.
"In that day I will also make
a covenant
for them With the abeasts
of the field
, The birds
of the sky
And the creeping
things
of the ground
. And I will 1 babolish
the bow
, the sword
and war
from the land
, And will make them clie
down
in safety
.
"I will abetroth you to Me forever
; Yes, I will betroth
you to Me in brighteousness
and in justice
, In lovingkindness
and in compassion
,
And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness
. Then you will aknow
the LORD
.
"It will come about in that day
that aI will respond
," declares
the LORD
. "I will respond
to the heavens
, and they will respond
to the earth
,
And the aearth will respond
to the grain
, to the new
wine
and to the oil
, And they will respond
to 1Jezreel
.
"I will asow her for Myself in the land
. bI will also have
compassion
on 1her who had not obtained
compassion
, And cI will say
to 2those who were dnot My people
, `You are My people
!' And 3they will say
, `You are my God
!' "