She didn't know it was me
Say to your brothers, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Plead with your mother, plead — because she is not my wife and I am not her husband. Let her put her prostitution out of her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts, or I will strip her naked and leave her as she was the day she was born. I will make her like a wilderness, like a dry land, and kill her with thirst. And I will not have mercy on her children, because they are children born from prostitution. Their mother has acted as a prostitute. She who conceived them has behaved shamefully. She said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. So I will block her way with thorns and wall her in, so she can't find her paths. She will chase her lovers but not catch them. She will look for them and not find them. Then she will say, I will go back to my first husband, because I was better off then than now. She didn't know it was I who gave her the grain and the wine and the oil, and lavished silver and gold on her — which they used for Baal. So I will take back my grain in its season and my wine in its time, and I will take away my wool and my flax that covered her nakedness. And now I will show up her shame in front of her lovers, and nobody will get her out of my hand. I will put a stop to all her celebrations — her festivals, her new moons, her sabbaths, all her appointed feasts. And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers. I will turn them into scrub, and the wild animals will eat them. I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, when she burned incense to them and decked herself with her earrings and jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me, says the Lord.
Say to your brothers: My people. And to your sisters: Pitied. Take it up with your mother, take it up — because she isn't my wife and I'm not her husband. Let her put her whoring out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts — or I'll strip her naked and set her out the way she was on the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst. And I won't pity her children, because they're the children of whoring. Because their mother has gone whoring. The one who conceived them has done a shameful thing. Because she said: I'll go after the ones who love me, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. So look — I'll hedge your way up with thorns and build a wall against her, so she can't find her paths. And she'll chase the ones who love her and won't catch them. And she'll look for them and won't find them. Then she'll say: I'll go back to my first husband, because it was better with me then than now. Because she didn't know it was me who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil, and made her silver and gold plenty — which they used for Baal. So I'll turn back and take away my grain in its time and my new wine in its season, and get back my wool and my flax that were meant to cover her nakedness. And now I'll uncover her shame in the sight of the ones who love her, and nobody will get her out of my hand. I'll make all her celebrating stop too — her feast days, her new moons, her sabbaths and all her set feasts. And I'll lay her vines and her fig trees waste, that she's said were her pay that the ones who loved her gave her. And I'll make them a forest, and the animals of the field will eat them. And I'll deal with her for the days of the Baals, when she burnt incense to them and dressed herself with her rings and her jewellery, and went after the ones who loved her and forgot me, says the Lord.
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Say to your brothers, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Say to your brothers: My people. And to your sisters: Pitied.
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Plead with your mother, plead — because she is not my wife and I am not her husband. Let her put her prostitution out of her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts,
Take it up with your mother, take it up — because she isn't my wife and I'm not her husband. Let her put her whoring out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts —
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
or I will strip her naked and leave her as she was the day she was born. I will make her like a wilderness, like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
or I'll strip her naked and set her out the way she was on the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
And I will not have mercy on her children, because they are children born from prostitution.
And I won't pity her children, because they're the children of whoring.
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Their mother has acted as a prostitute. She who conceived them has behaved shamefully. She said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
Because their mother has gone whoring. The one who conceived them has done a shameful thing. Because she said: I'll go after the ones who love me, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
So I will block her way with thorns and wall her in, so she can't find her paths.
So look — I'll hedge your way up with thorns and build a wall against her, so she can't find her paths.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
She will chase her lovers but not catch them. She will look for them and not find them. Then she will say, I will go back to my first husband, because I was better off then than now.
And she'll chase the ones who love her and won't catch them. And she'll look for them and won't find them. Then she'll say: I'll go back to my first husband, because it was better with me then than now.
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
She didn't know it was I who gave her the grain and the wine and the oil, and lavished silver and gold on her — which they used for Baal.
Because she didn't know it was me who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil, and made her silver and gold plenty — which they used for Baal.
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
So I will take back my grain in its season and my wine in its time, and I will take away my wool and my flax that covered her nakedness.
So I'll turn back and take away my grain in its time and my new wine in its season, and get back my wool and my flax that were meant to cover her nakedness.
Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
And now I will show up her shame in front of her lovers, and nobody will get her out of my hand.
And now I'll uncover her shame in the sight of the ones who love her, and nobody will get her out of my hand.
And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
I will put a stop to all her celebrations — her festivals, her new moons, her sabbaths, all her appointed feasts.
I'll make all her celebrating stop too — her feast days, her new moons, her sabbaths and all her set feasts.
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers. I will turn them into scrub, and the wild animals will eat them.
And I'll lay her vines and her fig trees waste, that she's said were her pay that the ones who loved her gave her. And I'll make them a forest, and the animals of the field will eat them.
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, when she burned incense to them and decked herself with her earrings and jewels, and went after her lovers and forgot me, says the Lord.
And I'll deal with her for the days of the Baals, when she burnt incense to them and dressed herself with her rings and her jewellery, and went after the ones who loved her and forgot me, says the Lord.
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
I'll speak to her heart
So now I will win her back. I will lead her out into the wilderness and speak to her heart. And there I will give her back her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And she will answer there as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it will be in that day, says the Lord, that you will call me Ishi, and will no longer call me Baali. Because I will take the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they will no longer be remembered by their name. And on that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky and the things that creep on the ground. I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and I will let them lie down in safety. And I will promise myself to you forever. I will bind myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and mercy. I will bind myself to you in faithfulness, and you will know the Lord. And on that day I will hear, says the Lord. I will hear the heavens, and they will hear the earth. And the earth will answer the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will answer Jezreel. And I will sow her for myself in the earth. I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy, and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people. And they will say, You are my God.
So look — I'll talk her round and bring her into the wilderness and speak to her heart. And I'll give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor for a door of hope. And she'll sing there like in the days of her youth, like on the day she came up out of the land of Egypt. And on that day, says the Lord, you'll call me My husband, and you won't call me My master any more. Because I'll take the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they won't be remembered by their name any more. And on that day I'll cut a covenant for them with the animals of the field and with the birds of the sky and with the things that crawl on the ground. And I'll break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and make them lie down safely. And I'll promise myself to you forever. Yes, I'll promise myself to you in righteousness and in judgment, in faithful love and in mercies. I'll even promise myself to you in faithfulness, and you'll know the Lord. And on that day I'll answer, says the Lord. I'll answer the heavens, and they'll answer the earth. And the earth will answer the grain and the new wine and the oil, and they'll answer Jezreel. And I'll sow her for myself in the earth. And I'll have pity on the one who wasn't pitied. And I'll say to the ones who weren't my people: You're my people. And they'll say: You're my God.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
So now I will win her back. I will lead her out into the wilderness and speak to her heart.
So look — I'll talk her round and bring her into the wilderness and speak to her heart.
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
And there I will give her back her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And she will answer there as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of the land of Egypt.
And I'll give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor for a door of hope. And she'll sing there like in the days of her youth, like on the day she came up out of the land of Egypt.
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
And it will be in that day, says the Lord, that you will call me Ishi, and will no longer call me Baali.
And on that day, says the Lord, you'll call me My husband, and you won't call me My master any more.
And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
Because I will take the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they will no longer be remembered by their name.
Because I'll take the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they won't be remembered by their name any more.
For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
And on that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky and the things that creep on the ground. I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and I will let them lie down in safety.
And on that day I'll cut a covenant for them with the animals of the field and with the birds of the sky and with the things that crawl on the ground. And I'll break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and make them lie down safely.
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
And I will promise myself to you forever. I will bind myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and mercy.
And I'll promise myself to you forever. Yes, I'll promise myself to you in righteousness and in judgment, in faithful love and in mercies.
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
I will bind myself to you in faithfulness, and you will know the Lord.
I'll even promise myself to you in faithfulness, and you'll know the Lord.
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
And on that day I will hear, says the Lord. I will hear the heavens, and they will hear the earth.
And on that day I'll answer, says the Lord. I'll answer the heavens, and they'll answer the earth.
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
And the earth will answer the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will answer Jezreel.
And the earth will answer the grain and the new wine and the oil, and they'll answer Jezreel.
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
And I will sow her for myself in the earth. I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy, and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people. And they will say, You are my God.
And I'll sow her for myself in the earth. And I'll have pity on the one who wasn't pitied. And I'll say to the ones who weren't my people: You're my people. And they'll say: You're my God.
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.