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| [1]...saying: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, may he return unto her again? Will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; and wouldest thou yet return to Me? saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[1]They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return again unto her? Shall not this land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers: yet turn again to me, saith the Lord. |
| [2]Lift up thine eyes unto the high hills, and see: where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotries and with thy wickedness. |
[2]Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and behold, where thou hast not played the harlot: thou hast sit waiting for them in the ways, as the Arabian in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms, and with thy malice. |
| [3]Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlo forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. |
[3]Therefore the showers have been restrained, and the latter rain came not, and thou hadst a whore's forehead: thou wouldest not be ashamed. |
| [4]Didst thou not just now cry unto Me: 'My father, Thou art the friend of my youth. |
[4]Didst thou not still cry unto me, Thou art my father , and the guide of my youth? |
| [5]Will He bear grudge for ever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, thou hast spoken, but hast done evil things, and hast had thy way. |
[5]Will he keep his anger forever? Will he reserve it to the end? thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest evil, even more and more. |
| [6]And 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did? she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and there played the harlot. |
[6]The Lord said also unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what this rebel Israel hath done? For she hath gone up upon every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. |
| [7]And I said: After she hath done all these things, she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. |
[7]And I said, when she had done all this, Turn thou unto me: but she returned not, as her rebellious sister Judah saw. |
| [8]And I saw, when, forasmuch as backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, that yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot; |
[8]When I saw, how that by all occasions rebellious Israel had played the harlot, I cast her away, and gave her a bill of divorcement: yet her rebellious sister Judah was not afraid, but she went also, and played the harlot. |
| [9]And it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks; |
[9]So that for the lightness of her whoredom she hath even defiled the land: for she hath committed fornication with stones and stocks. |
| [10]And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto Me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇— |
[10]Nevertheless for all this, her rebellious sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. |
| [11]Even 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 said unto me—backsliding Israel hath proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. |
[11]And the Lord said unto me, The rebellious Israel hath justified herself more than the rebellious Judah. |
| [12]Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: return, thou backsliding Israel, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, I will not bear grudge for ever. |
[12]Go and cry these words toward the north and say, Thou disobedient Israel, return, saith the Lord, and I will not let my wrath fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not always keep mine anger. |
| [13]Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every leafy tree, and ye have not hearkened to My voice, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[13]But know thine iniquity: for thou hast rebelled against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strange gods under every green tree, but ye would not obey my voice, saith the Lord. |
| [14]Return, O backsliding children, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; for I am a lord unto you, and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion; |
[14]O ye disobedient children, turn again, saith the Lord, for I am your Lord, and I will take you one of a city, and two of a tribe and will bring you to Zion, |
| [15]And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. |
[15]And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. |
| [16]And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they make mention of it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more. |
[16]Moreover, when ye be increased and multiplied in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: for it shall come no more to mind, neither shall they remember it, neither shall they visit it, for that shall be no more done. |
| [17]At that time they shall call Jerusalem The throne of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, to Jerusalem; neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart. |
[17]At that time they shall call Jerusalem, The throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered unto it , even to the name of the Lord in Jerusalem: and thence forth they shall follow no more the hardness of their wicked heart. |
| [18]In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.' |
[18]In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north, into the land, that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. |
| [19]But I said: 'How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest heritage of the nations!' And I said: 'Thou shalt call Me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following Me.' |
[19]But I said, How did I take thee for children and give thee a pleasant land, even the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and said, Thou shalt call me, saying, My father, and shalt not turn from me? |
| [20]Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[20]But as a woman rebelleth against her husband: so have ye rebelled against me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord. |
| [21]Hark! upon the high hills is heard the suppliant weeping of the children of Israel; for that they have perverted their way, they have forgotte 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 their God. |
[21]A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and forgotten the Lord their God. |
| [22]Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings.—'Here we are, we are come unto Thee; for Thou art 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 our God. |
[22]O ye disobedient children, return and I will heal your rebellions. Behold, we come unto thee, for thou art the Lord our God. |
| [23]Truly vain have proved the hills, the uproar on the mountains; truly in 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 our God is the salvation of Israel. |
[23]Truly the hope of the hills is but vain, nor the multitude of mountains: but in the Lord our God is the health of Israel. |
| [24]But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. |
[24]For confusion hath devoured our father's labor, from our youth their sheep and their bullocks, their sons and their daughters. |
| [25]Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 our God.' |
[25]We lie down in our confusion, and our shame covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth, even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God. |