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“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
Israel Punished and Restored
“Rebuke your mother, rebuke her,
for she is not my wife,
and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the adulterous look from her face
and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
“Rebuke your mother, rebuke her,
for she is not my wife,
and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the adulterous look from her face
and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
“But now bring charges against Israel — your mother —
for she is no longer my wife,
and I am no longer her husband.
Tell her to remove the prostitute’s makeup from her face
and the clothing that exposes her breasts.
for she is no longer my wife,
and I am no longer her husband.
Tell her to remove the prostitute’s makeup from her face
and the clothing that exposes her breasts.
Otherwise I will strip her naked
and make her as bare as on the day she was born;
I will make her like a desert,
turn her into a parched land,
and slay her with thirst.
and make her as bare as on the day she was born;
I will make her like a desert,
turn her into a parched land,
and slay her with thirst.
Otherwise, I will strip her as naked
as she was on the day she was born.
I will leave her to die of thirst,
as in a dry and barren wilderness.
as she was on the day she was born.
I will leave her to die of thirst,
as in a dry and barren wilderness.
I will not show my love to her children,
because they are the children of adultery.
because they are the children of adultery.
And I will not love her children,
for they were conceived in prostitution.
for they were conceived in prostitution.
Their mother has been unfaithful
and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who give me my food and my water,
my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’
and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who give me my food and my water,
my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’
Their mother is a shameless prostitute
and became pregnant in a shameful way.
She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers
and sell myself to them for food and water,
for clothing of wool and linen,
and for olive oil and drinks.’
and became pregnant in a shameful way.
She said, ‘I’ll run after other lovers
and sell myself to them for food and water,
for clothing of wool and linen,
and for olive oil and drinks.’
Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes;
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
“For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes.
I will block her path with a wall
to make her lose her way.
I will block her path with a wall
to make her lose her way.
She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
she will look for them but not find them.
Then she will say,
‘I will go back to my husband as at first,
for then I was better off than now.’
she will look for them but not find them.
Then she will say,
‘I will go back to my husband as at first,
for then I was better off than now.’
When she runs after her lovers,
she won’t be able to catch them.
She will search for them
but not find them.
Then she will think,
‘I might as well return to my husband,
for I was better off with him than I am now.’
she won’t be able to catch them.
She will search for them
but not find them.
Then she will think,
‘I might as well return to my husband,
for I was better off with him than I am now.’
She has not acknowledged that I was the one
who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,
who lavished on her the silver and gold —
which they used for Baal.
who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,
who lavished on her the silver and gold —
which they used for Baal.
She doesn’t realize it was I who gave her everything she has —
the grain, the new wine, the olive oil;
I even gave her silver and gold.
But she gave all my gifts to Baal.
the grain, the new wine, the olive oil;
I even gave her silver and gold.
But she gave all my gifts to Baal.
“Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens,
and my new wine when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
intended to cover her naked body.
and my new wine when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
intended to cover her naked body.
“But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine
I generously provided each harvest season.
I will take away the wool and linen clothing
I gave her to cover her nakedness.
I generously provided each harvest season.
I will take away the wool and linen clothing
I gave her to cover her nakedness.
So now I will expose her lewdness
before the eyes of her lovers;
no one will take her out of my hands.
before the eyes of her lovers;
no one will take her out of my hands.
I will strip her naked in public,
while all her lovers look on.
No one will be able
to rescue her from my hands.
while all her lovers look on.
No one will be able
to rescue her from my hands.
I will stop all her celebrations:
her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
her Sabbath days — all her appointed festivals.
her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
her Sabbath days — all her appointed festivals.
I will put an end to her annual festivals,
her new moon celebrations, and her Sabbath days —
all her appointed festivals.
her new moon celebrations, and her Sabbath days —
all her appointed festivals.
I will ruin her vines and her fig trees,
which she said were her pay from her lovers;
I will make them a thicket,
and wild animals will devour them.
which she said were her pay from her lovers;
I will make them a thicket,
and wild animals will devour them.
I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees,
things she claims her lovers gave her.
I will let them grow into tangled thickets,
where only wild animals will eat the fruit.
things she claims her lovers gave her.
I will let them grow into tangled thickets,
where only wild animals will eat the fruit.
I will punish her for the days
she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but me she forgot,”
declares the Lord.
she burned incense to the Baals;
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but me she forgot,”
declares the Lord.
I will punish her for all those times
when she burned incense to her images of Baal,
when she put on her earrings and jewels
and went out to look for her lovers
but forgot all about me,”
says the LORD.
The LORD’s Love for Unfaithful Israel
when she burned incense to her images of Baal,
when she put on her earrings and jewels
and went out to look for her lovers
but forgot all about me,”
says the LORD.
The LORD’s Love for Unfaithful Israel
“Therefore I am now going to allure her;
I will lead her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her.
I will lead her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her.
“But then I will win her back once again.
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her there.
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her there.
I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;
no longer will their names be invoked.
no longer will their names be invoked.
O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips,
and you will never mention them again.
and you will never mention them again.
In that day I will make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the creatures that move along the ground.
Bow and sword and battle
I will abolish from the land,
so that all may lie down in safety.
with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the creatures that move along the ground.
Bow and sword and battle
I will abolish from the land,
so that all may lie down in safety.
On that day I will make a covenant
with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky
and the animals that scurry along the ground
so they will not harm you.
I will remove all weapons of war from the land,
all swords and bows,
so you can live unafraid
in peace and safety.
with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky
and the animals that scurry along the ground
so they will not harm you.
I will remove all weapons of war from the land,
all swords and bows,
so you can live unafraid
in peace and safety.
I will make you my wife forever,
showing you righteousness and justice,
unfailing love and compassion.
showing you righteousness and justice,
unfailing love and compassion.
I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the Lord.
and you will acknowledge the Lord.
I will be faithful to you and make you mine,
and you will finally know me as the LORD.
and you will finally know me as the LORD.
“In that day I will respond,”
declares the Lord —
“I will respond to the skies,
and they will respond to the earth;
declares the Lord —
“I will respond to the skies,
and they will respond to the earth;
“In that day, I will answer,”
says the LORD.
“I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds.
And the sky will answer the earth with rain.
says the LORD.
“I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds.
And the sky will answer the earth with rain.
Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries
of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees.
And they in turn will answer,
‘Jezreel’ — ‘God plants!’
of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees.
And they in turn will answer,
‘Jezreel’ — ‘God plants!’