And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to me, saying,{H559}

Go,{H1980} and cry{H7121} in the ears{H241} of Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} I remember{H2142} for thee the kindness{H2617} of thy youth,{H5271} the love{H160} of thine espousals;{H3623} how thou wentest{H3212} after{H310} me in the wilderness,{H4057} in a land{H776} that was not sown.{H2232}

Israel{H3478} [was] holiness{H6944} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the first-fruits{H7225} of his increase:{H8393} all that devour{H398} him shall be held guilty;{H816} evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon them, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} and all the families{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Israel:{H3478}

thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} What unrighteousness{H5766} have your fathers{H1} found{H4672} in me, that they are gone far{H7368} from me, and have walked{H3212} after{H310} vanity,{H1892} and are become vain?{H1891}

Neither said{H559} they, Where is Jehovah{H3068} that brought us up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} that led{H3212} us through the wilderness,{H4057} through a land{H776} of deserts{H6160} and of pits,{H7745} through a land{H776} of drought{H6723} and of the shadow of death,{H6757} through a land{H776} that none{H376} passed through,{H5674} and where no man{H376} dwelt?{H3427}

And I brought{H935} you into a plentiful{H3759} land,{H776} to eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} thereof and the goodness{H2898} thereof; but when ye entered,{H935} ye defiled{H2930} my land,{H776} and made{H7760} my heritage{H5159} an abomination.{H8441}

The priests{H3548} said{H559} not, Where is Jehovah?{H3068} and they that handle{H8610} the law{H8451} knew{H3045} me not: the rulers{H7462} also transgressed{H6586} against me, and the prophets{H5030} prophesied{H5012} by Baal,{H1168} and walked{H1980} after{H310} things that do not profit.{H3276}

Wherefore I will yet contend{H7378} with you, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and with your children's{H1121} children{H1121} will I contend.{H7378}

For pass over{H5674} to the isles{H339} of Kittim,{H3794} and see;{H7200} and send{H7971} unto Kedar,{H6938} and consider{H995} diligently;{H3966} and see{H7200} if there hath been such a thing.

Hath a nation{H1471} changed{H3235} [its] gods,{H430} which yet are no gods?{H430} but my people{H5971} have changed{H4171} their glory{H3519} for that which doth not profit.{H3276}

Be astonished,{H8074} O ye heavens,{H8064} at this, and be horribly afraid,{H8175} be ye very{H3966} desolate,{H2717} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

For my people{H5971} have committed{H6213} two{H8147} evils:{H7451} they have forsaken{H5800} me, the fountain{H4726} of living{H2416} waters,{H4325} and hewed them out{H2672} cisterns,{H877} broken{H7665} cisterns,{H877} that can hold{H3557} no water.{H4325}

Is Israel{H3478} a servant?{H5650} is he a home-born{H1004} [slave]? why{H4069} is he become a prey?{H957}

The young lions{H3715} have roared{H7580} upon him, and yelled;{H5414} and they have made{H7896} his land{H776} waste:{H8047} his cities{H5892} are burned{H3341} up, without inhabitant.{H3427}

The children{H1121} also of Memphis{H5297} and Tahpanhes{H8471} have broken{H7462} the crown of thy head.{H6936}

Hast thou not procured{H6213} this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken{H5800} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} when{H6256} he led{H3212} thee by the way?{H1870}

And now what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} to Egypt,{H4714} to drink{H8354} the waters{H4325} of the Shihor?{H7883} or what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} to Assyria,{H804} to drink{H8354} the waters{H4325} of the River?{H5104}

Thine own wickedness{H7451} shall correct{H3256} thee, and thy backslidings{H4878} shall reprove{H3198} thee: know{H3045} therefore and see{H7200} that it is an evil{H7451} thing and a bitter,{H4751} that thou hast forsaken{H5800} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and that my fear{H6345} is not in thee, saith{H5002} the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts.{H6635}

For of old time{H5769} I have broken{H7665} thy yoke,{H5923} and burst{H5423} thy bonds;{H4147} and thou saidst,{H559} I will not serve;{H5674} for upon every high{H1364} hill{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086} thou didst bow thyself,{H6808} playing the harlot.{H2181}

Yet I had planted{H5193} thee a noble vine,{H8321} wholly a right{H571} seed:{H2233} how then art thou turned{H2015} into the degenerate branches{H5494} of a foreign{H5237} vine{H1612} unto me?

For though thou wash{H3526} thee with lye,{H5427} and take thee much{H7235} soap,{H1287} yet thine iniquity{H5771} is marked{H3799} before{H6440} me, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

How canst thou say,{H559} I am not defiled,{H2930} I have not gone{H1980} after{H310} the Baalim?{H1168} see{H7200} thy way{H1870} in the valley,{H1516} know{H3045} what thou hast done:{H6213} thou art a swift{H7031} dromedary{H1072} traversing{H8308} her ways;{H1870}

a wild ass{H6501} used{H3928} to the wilderness,{H4057} that snuffeth up{H7602} the wind{H7307} in her desire;{H185} in her occasion{H8385} who can turn her away?{H7725} all they that seek{H1245} her will not weary{H3286} themselves; in her month{H2320} they shall find{H4672} her.

Withhold{H4513} thy foot{H7272} from being unshod,{H3182} and thy throat{H1627} from thirst:{H6773} but thou saidst,{H559} It is in vain;{H2976} no, for I have loved{H157} strangers,{H2114} and after{H310} them will I go.{H3212}

As the thief{H1590} is ashamed{H1322} when he is found,{H4672} so is the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} ashamed;{H3001} they, their kings,{H4428} their princes,{H8269} and their priests,{H3548} and their prophets;{H5030}

who say{H559} to a stock,{H6086} Thou art my father;{H1} and to a stone,{H68} Thou hast brought me forth:{H3205} for they have turned{H6437} their back{H6203} unto me, and not their face;{H6440} but in the time{H6256} of their trouble{H7451} they will say,{H559} Arise,{H6965} and save{H3467} us.

But where are thy gods{H430} that thou hast made{H6213} thee? let them arise,{H6965} if they can save{H3467} thee in the time{H6256} of thy trouble:{H7451} for according to the number{H4557} of thy cities{H5892} are thy gods,{H430} O Judah.{H3063}

Wherefore will ye contend{H7378} with me? ye all have transgressed{H6586} against me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

In vain{H7723} have I smitten{H5221} your children;{H1121} they received{H3947} no correction:{H4148} your own sword{H2719} hath devoured{H398} your prophets,{H5030} like a destroying{H7843} lion.{H738}

O generation,{H1755} see{H7200} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068} Have I been a wilderness{H4057} unto Israel?{H3478} or a land{H776} of thick darkness?{H3991} wherefore say{H559} my people,{H5971} We are broken loose;{H7300} we will come{H935} no more unto thee?

Can a virgin{H1330} forget{H7911} her ornaments,{H5716} or a bride{H3618} her attire?{H7196} yet my people{H5971} have forgotten{H7911} me days{H3117} without number.{H4557}

How trimmest{H3190} thou thy way{H1870} to seek{H1245} love!{H160} therefore even the wicked women{H7451} hast thou taught{H3925} thy ways.{H1870}

Also in thy skirts{H3671} is found{H4672} the blood{H1818} of the souls{H5315} of the innocent{H5355} poor:{H34} thou didst not find{H4672} them breaking in;{H4290} but it is because of all these things.

Yet thou saidst,{H559} I am innocent;{H5352} surely his anger{H639} is turned{H7725} away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment{H8199} with thee, because thou sayest,{H559} I have not sinned.{H2398}

Why gaddest thou about{H235} so much{H3966} to change{H8138} thy way?{H1870} thou shalt be ashamed{H954} of Egypt{H4714} also, as thou wast ashamed{H954} of Assyria.{H804}

From thence also shalt thou go forth,{H3318} with thy hands{H3027} upon thy head:{H7218} for Jehovah{H3068} hath rejected{H3988} those in whom thou trustest,{H4009} and thou shalt not prosper{H6743} with them.