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[1]They sayH559[H8800], If a manH376 put awayH7971[H8762] his wifeH802, and she goH1980[H8804] from him, and become anotherH312 man'sH376, shall he return unto her againH7725[H8799]? shall not that landH776 be greatlyH2610[H8800] pollutedH2610[H8799]? but thou hast played the harlotH2181[H8804] with manyH7227 loversH7453; yet return againH7725[H8800] to me, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[2]Lift upH5375[H8798] thine eyesH5869 unto the high placesH8205, and seeH7200[H8798] whereH375 thou hast not been lienH7693[H8795][H8676][H7901][H8795] with. In the waysH1870 hast thou satH3427[H8804] for them, as the ArabianH6163 in the wildernessH4057; and thou hast pollutedH2610[H8686] the landH776 with thy whoredomsH2184 and with thy wickednessH7451.
[3]Therefore the showersH7241 have been withholdenH4513[H8735], and there hath been no latter rainH4456; and thou hadst a whore'sH2181[H8802][H802] foreheadH4696, thou refusedstH3985[H8765] to be ashamedH3637.[H8736]
[4]Wilt thou not from this time cryH7121[H8804] unto me, My fatherH1, thou art the guideH441 of my youthH5271?
[5]Will he reserveH5201[H8799] his anger for everH5769? will he keepH8104[H8799] it to the endH5331? Behold, thou hast spokenH1696[H8765] and doneH6213[H8799] evil thingsH7451 as thou couldestH3201.[H8799]
[6]The LORDH3068 saidH559[H8799] also unto me in the daysH3117 of JosiahH2977 the kingH4428, Hast thou seenH7200[H8804] that which backslidingH4878 IsraelH3478 hath doneH6213[H8804]? she is gone upH1980[H8802] upon every highH1364 mountainH2022 and underH8478 every greenH7488 treeH6086, and there hath played the harlotH2181.[H8799]
[7]And I saidH559[H8799] afterH310 she had doneH6213[H8800] all these things, TurnH7725[H8799] thou unto me. But she returnedH7725[H8804] not. And her treacherousH901 sisterH269 JudahH3063 sawH7200 itH8799.
[8]And I sawH7200[H8799], when for all the causesH182 whereby backslidingH4878 IsraelH3478 committed adulteryH5003[H8765] I had put her awayH7971[H8765], and givenH5414[H8799] her a billH5612 of divorceH3748; yet her treacherousH898[H8802] sisterH269 JudahH3063 fearedH3372[H8804] not, but wentH3212[H8799] and played the harlotH2181 alsoH8799.
[9]And it came to pass through the lightnessH6963 of her whoredomH2184, that she defiledH2610[H8799] the landH776, and committed adulteryH5003[H8799] with stonesH68 and with stocksH6086.
[10]And yet for all this her treacherousH901 sisterH269 JudahH3063 hath not turnedH7725[H8804] unto me with her whole heartH3820, but feignedlyH8267, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[11]And the LORDH3068 saidH559[H8799] unto me, The backslidingH4878 IsraelH3478 hath justifiedH6663[H8765] herselfH5315 more than treacherousH898[H8802] JudahH3063.
[12]GoH1980[H8800] and proclaimH7121[H8804] these wordsH1697 toward the northH6828, and sayH559[H8804], ReturnH7725[H8798], thou backslidingH4878 IsraelH3478, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068; and I will not cause mine angerH6440 to fallH5307[H8686] upon you: for I am mercifulH2623, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, and I will not keepH5201[H8799] anger for everH5769.
[13]Only acknowledgeH3045[H8798] thine iniquityH5771, that thou hast transgressedH6586[H8804] against the LORDH3068 thy GodH430, and hast scatteredH6340[H8762] thy waysH1870 to the strangersH2114[H8801] under every greenH7488 treeH6086, and ye have not obeyedH8085[H8804] my voiceH6963, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[14]TurnH7725[H8798], O backslidingH7726 childrenH1121, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068; for I am marriedH1166[H8804] unto you: and I will takeH3947[H8804] you oneH259 of a cityH5892, and twoH8147 of a familyH4940, and I will bringH935[H8689] you to ZionH6726:
[15]And I will giveH5414[H8804] you pastorsH7462[H8802] according to mine heartH3820, which shall feedH7462[H8804] you with knowledgeH1844 and understandingH7919.[H8687]
[16]And it shall come to pass, when ye be multipliedH7235[H8799] and increasedH6509[H8804] in the landH776, in those daysH3117, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068, they shall sayH559[H8799] no more, The arkH727 of the covenantH1285 of the LORDH3068: neither shall it comeH5927[H8799] to mindH3820: neither shall they rememberH2142[H8799] it; neither shall they visitH6485[H8799] it; neither shall that be doneH6213 any moreH8735.
[17]At that timeH6256 they shall callH7121[H8799] JerusalemH3389 the throneH3678 of the LORDH3068; and all the nationsH1471 shall be gatheredH6960[H8738] unto it, to the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068, to JerusalemH3389: neither shall they walkH3212[H8799] any more afterH310 the imaginationH8307 of their evilH7451 heartH3820.
[18]In those daysH3117 the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 shall walkH3212[H8799] with the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, and they shall comeH935[H8799] togetherH3162 out of the landH776 of the northH6828 to the landH776 that I have given for an inheritanceH5157[H8689] unto your fathersH1.
[19]But I saidH559[H8804], How shall I putH7896[H8799] thee among the childrenH1121, and giveH5414[H8799] thee a pleasantH2532 landH776, a goodlyH6643 heritageH5159 of the hostsH6635 of nationsH1471? and I saidH559[H8799], Thou shalt callH7121[H8799] me, My fatherH1; and shalt not turn awayH7725[H8799] from meH310.
[20]SurelyH403 as a wifeH802 treacherouslyH898[H8804] departeth from her husbandH7453, so have ye dealt treacherouslyH898[H8804] with me, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[21]A voiceH6963 was heardH8085[H8738] upon the high placesH8205, weepingH1065 and supplicationsH8469 of the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478: for they have pervertedH5753[H8689] their wayH1870, and they have forgottenH7911[H8804] the LORDH3068 their GodH430.
[22]ReturnH7725[H8798], ye backslidingH7726 childrenH1121, and I will healH7495[H8799] your backslidingsH4878. Behold, we comeH857[H8804] unto thee; for thou art the LORDH3068 our GodH430.
[23]TrulyH403 in vainH8267 is salvation hoped for from the hillsH1389, and from the multitudeH1995 of mountainsH2022: trulyH403 in the LORDH3068 our GodH430 is the salvationH8668 of IsraelH3478.
[24]For shameH1322 hath devouredH398[H8804] the labourH3018 of our fathersH1 from our youthH5271; their flocksH6629 and their herdsH1241, their sonsH1121 and their daughtersH1323.
[25]We lie downH7901[H8799] in our shameH1322, and our confusionH3639 coverethH3680[H8762] us: for we have sinnedH2398[H8804] against the LORDH3068 our GodH430, we and our fathersH1, from our youthH5271 even unto this dayH3117, and have not obeyedH8085[H8804] the voiceH6963 of the LORDH3068 our GodH430.
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