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Israel’s Unfaithfulness Condemned
1 1Ch 2:3 in HebSay to your brothers, “2I.e. my peopleAmmi,” and to your sisters, “3I.e. she has obtained compassionRuhamah.”
2 “Contend with your mother, AEzek 23:45; Hos 2:5; 4:5contend,
For she is BIs 50:1not my wife, and I am not her husband;
And let her put away her CJer 3:1, 9, 13harlotry from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts,
3 Or I will strip her AJer 13:22; Ezek 16:7, 22, 39naked
And expose her as on the BEzek 16:4day when she was born.
I will also CIs 32:13, 14; Hos 13:15make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land
And slay her with DJer 14:3; Amos 8:11-13thirst.
4 “Also, I will have no compassion on her children,
Because they are AJer 13:14children of harlotry.
5 “For their mother has AIs 1:21; Jer 2:25; 3:1, 2; Hos 3:1played the harlot;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘AIs 1:21; Jer 2:25; 3:1, 2; Hos 3:1I will go after my lovers,
Who BJer 44:17, 18; Hos 2:12give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my CHos 2:8oil and my drink.’
6 “Therefore, behold, I will AJob 19:8; Lam 3:7, 9hedge up 1So with some ancient versions; Heb yourher way with BHos 9:6; 10:8thorns,
And I will build 2Lit her wall so thata wall against her so that she cannot find her CJer 18:15paths.
7 “She will AHos 5:13pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘BLuke 15:17, 18I will go back to my CJer 2:2; 3:1; Ezek 16:8; 23:4first husband,
For it was DJer 14:22; Hos 13:6better for me then than now!’
8 “For she does AIs 1:3not know that it was BEzek 16:19I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they 1Or made into theused for Baal.
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
Given to cover her nakedness.
10 “And then I will AEzek 16:37uncover her lewdness
In the sight of her lovers,
And no one will rescue her out of My hand.
11 “I will also AJer 7:34; 16:9put an end to all her gaiety,
Her BHos 3:4; Amos 5:21; 8:10feasts, her CIs 1:13, 14new moons, her sabbaths
And all her festal assemblies.
12 “I will AJer 5:17; 8:13destroy her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will BIs 5:5; 7:23make them a forest,
And the CHos 13:8beasts of the field will devour them.
13 “I will punish her for the AHos 4:13; 11:2days of the Baals
When she used to 1Or burn incenseBJer 7:9offer sacrifices to them
And CEzek 16:12, 17; 23:40adorn herself with her 2Or nose ringsearrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she DHos 4:6; 8:14; 13:6forgot Me,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
Restoration of Israel
14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
AEzek 20:33-38Bring her into the wilderness
And speak 1Lit upon her heartkindly to her.
15 “Then I will give her her AEzek 28:25, 26vineyards from there,
And BJosh 7:26the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will 1Or give answerCJer 2:1-3; Ezek 16:8-14sing there as in the days of her youth,
As in the DHos 11:1; 12:9, 13; 13:4day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
16 “It will come about in that day,” declares the Loʀᴅ,
“That you will call Me 1I.e. my husbandAIs 54:5; Hos 2:7Ishi
And will no longer call Me 2I.e. my master, or my BaalBaali.
17 “For AEx 23:13; Josh 23:7; Ps 16:4I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will be 1Or rememberedmentioned by their names no more.
18 “In that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the AJob 5:23; Is 11:6-9; Ezek 34:25beasts of the field,
The birds of the sky
And the creeping things of the ground.
And I will 1Lit breakBIs 2:4; Ezek 39:1-10abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land,
And will make them CLev 26:5; Jer 23:6; Ezek 34:25lie down in safety.
19 “I will AIs 62:4, 5betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in BIs 1:27; 54:6-8righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,
20 And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will AJer 31:33, 34; Hos 6:6; 13:4know the Loʀᴅ.
21 “It will come about in that day that AIs 55:10; Zech 8:12; Mal 3:10, 11I will respond,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,
22 And the AJer 31:12; Joel 2:19earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil,
And they will respond to 1I.e. God sowsJezreel.
23 “I will AJer 31:27sow her for Myself in the land.
BHos 1:6I will also have compassion on 1Heb Lo-ruhamahher who had not obtained compassion,
‘You are My people!’
And 3Lit hethey will say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
12:1 Ch 2:3 in Heb
22:1 I.e. my people
32:1 I.e. she has obtained compassion
A2:2 Ezek 23:45; Hos 2:5; 4:5
A2:3 Jer 13:22; Ezek 16:7, 22, 39
A2:5 Is 1:21; Jer 2:25; 3:1, 2; Hos 3:1
A2:5 Is 1:21; Jer 2:25; 3:1, 2; Hos 3:1
B2:5 Jer 44:17, 18; Hos 2:12
12:6 So with some ancient versions; Heb your
22:6 Lit her wall so that
B2:7 Luke 15:17, 18
C2:7 Jer 2:2; 3:1; Ezek 16:8; 23:4
12:8 Or made into the
12:9 Lit its time
B2:11 Hos 3:4; Amos 5:21; 8:10
12:13 Or burn incense
C2:13 Ezek 16:12, 17; 23:40
22:13 Or nose rings
12:14 Lit upon her heart
A2:15 Ezek 28:25, 26
12:15 Or give answer
D2:15 Hos 11:1; 12:9, 13; 13:4
12:16 I.e. my husband
22:16 I.e. my master, or my Baal
A2:17 Ex 23:13; Josh 23:7; Ps 16:4
12:17 Or remembered
A2:18 Job 5:23; Is 11:6-9; Ezek 34:25
12:18 Lit break
C2:18 Lev 26:5; Jer 23:6; Ezek 34:25
A2:20 Jer 31:33, 34; Hos 6:6; 13:4
A2:21 Is 55:10; Zech 8:12; Mal 3:10, 11
12:22 I.e. God sows
12:23 Heb Lo-ruhamah
22:23 Heb Lo-ammi
32:23 Lit he