They say,
If a man
put away
his wife,
and she go
from him, and become another
man's,
shall he return unto her again?
shall not that land
be greatly
polluted?
but thou hast played the harlot
with many
lovers;
yet return again
to me, saith
the LORD.
Lift up
thine eyes
unto the high places,
and see
where
thou hast not been lien
with. In the ways
hast thou sat
for them, as the Arabian
in the wilderness;
and thou hast polluted
the land
with thy whoredoms
and with thy wickedness.
defiled
ἐξεφύρθης
exephyrthēs
sea-crow
κορώνη
korōnē
Therefore the showers
have been withholden,
and there hath been no latter rain;
and thou hadst a whore's
forehead,
thou refusedst
to be ashamed.
Wilt thou not from this time cry
unto me, My father,
thou art the guide
of my youth?
Will he reserve
his anger for ever?
will he keep
it to the end?
Behold, thou hast spoken
and done
evil things
as thou couldest.
The LORD
said
also unto me in the days
of Josiah
the king,
Hast thou seen
that which backsliding
Israel
hath done?
she is gone up
upon every high
mountain
and under
every green
tree,
and there hath played the harlot.
say
Iōsia
Ιωσια
iōsia
like a grove
ἀλσώδους
alsōdous
And I said
after
she had done
all these things, Turn
thou unto me. But she returned
not. And her treacherous
sister
Judah
saw
it.
say
transgression
ἀσυνθεσίαν
asynthesian
And I saw,
when for all the causes
whereby backsliding
Israel
committed adultery
I had put her away,
and given
her a bill
of divorce;
yet her treacherous
sister
Judah
feared
not, but went
and played the harlot
also.
commit adultery
ἐμοιχᾶτο
emoichato
And it came to pass through the lightness
of her whoredom,
that she defiled
the land,
and committed adultery
with stones
and with stocks.
And yet for all this her treacherous
sister
Judah
hath not turned
unto me with her whole heart,
but feignedly,
saith
the LORD.
And the LORD
said
unto me, The backsliding
Israel
hath justified
herself
more than treacherous
Judah.
Go
and proclaim
these words
toward the north,
and say,
Return,
thou backsliding
Israel,
saith
the LORD;
and I will not cause mine anger
to fall
upon you: for I am merciful,
saith
the LORD,
and I will not keep
anger for ever.
wroth with
μηνιῶ
mēniō
Only acknowledge
thine iniquity,
that thou hast transgressed
against the LORD
thy God,
and hast scattered
thy ways
to the strangers
under every green
tree,
and ye have not obeyed
my voice,
saith
the LORD.
pour through
διέχεας
diecheas
like a grove
ἀλσώδους
alsōdous
Turn,
O backsliding
children,
saith
the LORD;
for I am married
unto you: and I will take
you one
of a city,
and two
of a family,
and I will bring
you to Zion:
And I will give
you pastors
according to mine heart,
which shall feed
you with knowledge
and understanding.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied
and increased
in the land,
in those days,
saith
the LORD,
they shall say
no more, The ark
of the covenant
of the LORD:
neither shall it come
to mind:
neither shall they remember
it; neither shall they visit
it; neither shall that be done
any more.
At that time
they shall call
Jerusalem
the throne
of the LORD;
and all the nations
shall be gathered
unto it, to the name
of the LORD,
to Jerusalem:
neither shall they walk
any more after
the imagination
of their evil
heart.
thought
ἐνθυμημάτων
enthymēmatōn
In those days
the house
of Judah
shall walk
with the house
of Israel,
and they shall come
together
out of the land
of the north
to the land
that I have given for an inheritance
unto your fathers.
possess
κατεκληρονόμησα
kateklēronomēsa
But I said,
How shall I put
thee among the children,
and give
thee a pleasant
land,
a goodly
heritage
of the hosts
of nations?
and I said,
Thou shalt call
me, My father;
and shalt not turn away
from me.
say
say
Surely
as a wife
treacherously
departeth from her husband,
so have ye dealt treacherously
with me, O house
of Israel,
saith
the LORD.
A voice
was heard
upon the high places,
weeping
and supplications
of the children
of Israel:
for they have perverted
their way,
and they have forgotten
the LORD
their God.
Return,
ye backsliding
children,
and I will heal
your backslidings.
Behold, we come
unto thee; for thou art the LORD
our God.
Truly
in vain
is salvation hoped for from the hills,
and from the multitude
of mountains:
truly
in the LORD
our God
is the salvation
of Israel.
For shame
hath devoured
the labour
of our fathers
from our youth;
their flocks
and their herds,
their sons
and their daughters.
We lie down
in our shame,
and our confusion
covereth
us: for we have sinned
against the LORD
our God,
we and our fathers,
from our youth
even unto this day,
and have not obeyed
the voice
of the LORD
our God.
