They say,{H559} If a man{H376} put away{H7971} his wife,{H802} and she go{H1980} from him, and become another{H312} man's,{H376} will he return unto her again?{H7725} will not that land{H776} be greatly{H2610} polluted?{H2610} But thou hast played the harlot{H2181} with many{H7227} lovers;{H7453} yet return again{H7725} to me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Lift up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} unto the bare heights,{H8205} and see;{H7200} where{H375} hast thou not been lain{H7693} with? By the ways{H1870} hast thou sat{H3427} for them, as an Arabian{H6163} in the wilderness;{H4057} and thou hast polluted{H2610} the land{H776} with thy whoredoms{H2184} and with thy wickedness.{H7451}

Therefore the showers{H7241} have been withholden,{H4513} and there hath been no latter rain;{H4456} yet thou hast a harlot's{H2181} forehead,{H4696} thou refusedst{H3985} to be ashamed.{H3637}

Wilt thou not from this time cry{H7121} unto me, My Father,{H1} thou art the guide{H441} of my youth?{H5271}

Will he retain{H5201} [his anger] for ever?{H5769} will he keep{H8104} it to the end?{H5331} Behold, thou hast spoken{H1696} and hast done{H6213} evil things,{H7451} and hast had thy way.{H3201}

Moreover Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me in the days{H3117} of Josiah{H2977} the king,{H4428} Hast thou seen{H7200} that which backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath done?{H6213} she is gone up{H1980} upon every high{H1364} mountain{H2022} and under{H8478} every green{H7488} tree,{H6086} and there hath played the harlot.{H2181}

And I said{H559} after{H310} she had done{H6213} all these things, She will return{H7725} unto me; but she returned{H7725} not: and her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} saw{H7200} it.

And I saw,{H7200} when, for this very cause{H182} that backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} had committed adultery,{H5003} I had put her away{H7971} and given{H5414} her a bill{H5612} of divorcement,{H3748} yet treacherous{H898} Judah{H3063} her sister{H269} feared{H3372} not; but she also went{H3212} and played the harlot.{H2181}

And it came to pass through the lightness{H6963} of her whoredom,{H2184} that the land{H776} was polluted,{H2610} and she committed adultery{H5003} with stones{H68} and with stocks.{H6086}

And yet for all this her treacherous{H901} sister{H269} Judah{H3063} hath not returned{H7725} unto me with her whole heart,{H3820} but feignedly,{H8267} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Backsliding{H4878} Israel{H3478} hath showed herself{H5315} more righteous{H6663} than treacherous{H898} Judah.{H3063}

Go,{H1980} and proclaim{H7121} these words{H1697} toward the north,{H6828} and say,{H559} Return,{H7725} thou backsliding{H4878} Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} I will not look{H5307} in anger{H6440} upon you; for I am merciful,{H2623} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will not keep{H5201} [anger] for ever.{H5769}

Only acknowledge{H3045} thine iniquity,{H5771} that thou hast transgressed{H6586} against Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and hast scattered{H6340} thy ways{H1870} to the strangers{H2114} under every green{H7488} tree,{H6086} and ye have not obeyed{H8085} my voice,{H6963} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Return,{H7725} O backsliding{H7726} children,{H1121} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} for I am a husband{H1166} unto you: and I will take{H3947} you one{H259} of a city,{H5892} and two{H8147} of a family,{H4940} and I will bring{H935} you to Zion:{H6726}

and I will give{H5414} you shepherds{H7462} according to my heart,{H3820} who shall feed{H7462} you with knowledge{H1844} and understanding.{H7919}

And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied{H7235} and increased{H6509} in the land,{H776} in those days,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} they shall say{H559} no more, The ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah;{H3068} neither shall it come{H5927} to mind;{H3820} neither shall they remember{H2142} it; neither shall they miss{H6485} it; neither shall it be made{H6213} any more.

At that time{H6256} they shall call{H7121} Jerusalem{H3389} the throne{H3678} of Jehovah;{H3068} and all the nations{H1471} shall be gathered{H6960} unto it, to the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} to Jerusalem:{H3389} neither shall they walk{H3212} any more after{H310} the stubbornness{H8307} of their evil{H7451} heart.{H3820}

In those days{H3117} the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} shall walk{H3212} with the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and they shall come{H935} together{H3162} out of the land{H776} of the north{H6828} to the land{H776} that I gave for an inheritance{H5157} unto your fathers.{H1}

But I said,{H559} How I will put{H7896} thee among the children,{H1121} and give{H5414} thee a pleasant{H2532} land,{H776} a goodly{H6643} heritage{H5159} of the hosts{H6635} of the nations!{H1471} and I said,{H559} Ye shall call{H7121} me My Father,{H1} and shall not turn away{H7725} from following me.{H310}

Surely{H403} as a wife{H802} treacherously{H898} departeth from her husband,{H7453} so have ye dealt treacherously{H898} with me, O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

A voice{H6963} is heard{H8085} upon the bare heights,{H8205} the weeping{H1065} [and] the supplications{H8469} of the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} because they have perverted{H5753} their way,{H1870} they have forgotten{H7911} Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430}

Return,{H7725} ye backsliding{H7726} children,{H1121} I will heal{H7495} your backslidings.{H4878} Behold, we are come{H857} unto thee; for thou art Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430}

Truly{H403} in vain{H8267} is [the help that is looked for] from the hills,{H1389} the tumult{H1995} on the mountains:{H2022} truly{H403} in Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} is the salvation{H8668} of Israel.{H3478}

But the shameful{H1322} thing hath devoured{H398} the labor{H3018} of our fathers{H1} from our youth,{H5271} their flocks{H6629} and their herds,{H1241} their sons{H1121} and their daughters.{H1323}

Let us lie down{H7901} in our shame,{H1322} and let our confusion{H3639} cover{H3680} us; for we have sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} we and our fathers,{H1} from our youth{H5271} even unto this day;{H3117} and we have not obeyed{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430}