Dual Panel1Say<559> to your brothers<251>, "Ammi<5971>," and to your sisters<269>, "Ruhamah<7355>."
2"Contend<7378> with your mother<517>, contend<7378>, For she is not my wife<802>, and I am not her husband<376>; And let her put<5493> away<5493> her harlotry<2183> from her face<6440> And her adultery<5005> from between<996> her breasts<7699>,
3Or<6435> I will strip<6584> her naked<6174> And expose<3322> her as on the day<3117> when she was born<3205>. I will also make<7760> her like a wilderness<4057>, Make<7896> her like desert<6723> land<776> And slay<4191> her with thirst<6772>.
4"Also, I will have<7355> no<3808> compassion<7355> on her children<1121>, Because<3588> they are children<1121> of harlotry<2183>.
5"For their mother<517> has played<2181> the harlot<2181>; She who conceived<2029> them has acted<954> shamefully<954>. For she said<559>, 'I will go<1980> after<310> my lovers<157>, Who give<5414> me my bread<3899> and my water<4325>, My wool<6785> and my flax<6593>, my oil<8081> and my drink<8250>.'
6"Therefore<3651>, behold<2009>, I will hedge<7753> up her way<1870> with thorns<5518>, And I will build<1443> a wall<1447> against her so that she cannot<3808> find<4672> her paths<5410>.
7"She will pursue<7291> her lovers<157>, but she will not overtake<5381> them; And she will seek<1245> them, but will not find<4672> them. Then she will say<559>, 'I will go<1980> back<7725> to my first<7223> husband<376>, For it was better<2896> for me then<227> than<4480> now<6258>!'
8"For she does not know<3045> that it was I who gave<5414> her the grain<1715>, the new<8492> wine<8492> and the oil<3323>, And lavished<7235> on her silver<3701> and gold<2091>, Which they used<6213> for Baal<1168>.
9"Therefore<3651>, I will take<3947> back<7725> My grain<1715> at harvest time<6256> And My new<8492> wine<8492> in its season<4150>. I will also take<5337> away<5337> My wool<6785> and My flax<6593> Given to cover<3680> her nakedness<6172>.
10"And then<6258> I will uncover<1540> her lewdness<5040> In the sight<5869> of her lovers<157>, And no<3808> one<376> will rescue<5337> her out of My hand<3027>.
11"I will also put<7673> an end<7673> to all<3605> her gaiety<4885>, Her feasts<2282>, her new<2320> moons<2320>, her sabbaths<7676> And all<3605> her festal<4150> assemblies<4150>.
12"I will destroy<8074> her vines<1612> and fig<8384> trees<8384>, Of which<834> she said<559>, 'These<1992> are my wages<866> Which<834> my lovers<157> have given<5414> me.' And I will make<7760> them a forest<3293>, And the beasts<2421> of the field<7704> will devour<398> them.
13"I will punish<6485> her for the days<3117> of the Baals<1168> When<834> she used to offer<6999> sacrifices<6999> to them And adorn<5710> herself with her earrings<5141> and jewelry<2484>, And follow<1980><310> her lovers<157>, so that she forgot<7911> Me," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>.
14"Therefore<3651>, behold<2009>, I will allure<6601> her, Bring<1980> her into the wilderness<4057> And speak<1696> kindly<3820> to her.
15"Then I will give<5414> her her vineyards<3754> from there<8033>, And the valley<6010> of Achor<5911> as a door<6607> of hope<8615>. And she will sing<6031> there<8033> as in the days<3117> of her youth<5271>, As in the day<3117> when she came<5927> up from the land<776> of Egypt<4714>.
16"It will come<1961> about in that day<3117>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>, "That you will call<7121> Me Ishi<376> And will no<3808> longer<5750> call<7121> Me Baali<1180>.
17"For I will remove<5493> the names<8034> of the Baals<1168> from her mouth<6310>, So that they will be mentioned<2142> by their names<8034> no<3808> more<5750>.
18"In that day<3117> I will also make<3772> a covenant<1285> for them With the beasts<2421> of the field<7704>, The birds<5775> of the sky<8064> And the creeping<7431> things<7431> of the ground<127>. And I will abolish<7665> the bow<7198>, the sword<2719> and war<4421> from the land<776>, And will make them lie<7901> down<7901> in safety<983>.
19"I will betroth<781> you to Me forever<5769>; Yes, I will betroth<781> you to Me in righteousness<6664> and in justice<4941>, In lovingkindness<2617> and in compassion<7356>,
20And I will betroth<781> you to Me in faithfulness<530>. Then you will know<3045> the LORD<3068>.
21"It will come<1961> about in that day<3117> that I will respond<6030>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>. "I will respond<6030> to the heavens<8064>, and they will respond<6030> to the earth<776>,
22And the earth<776> will respond<6030> to the grain<1715>, to the new<8492> wine<8492> and to the oil<3323>, And they will respond<6030> to Jezreel<3157>.
23"I will sow<2232> her for Myself in the land<776>. I will also have<7355> compassion<7355> on her who had not obtained<7355> compassion<7355>, And I will say<559> to those who were not My people<5971>, 'You are My people<5971>!' And they will say<559>, 'You are my God<430>!'"