1 S ay ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

¶ Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

2 P lead 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;

Contend with your mother, contend: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore remove her whoredoms from her face and her adulteries from between her breasts;

3 L est 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.

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.

4 A nd I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

Neither will I have mercy upon her sons, for they are the sons of whoredoms.

5 F or 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.

For their mother has played the harlot; she that conceived them has been shamed; for she said, I will go after my lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

6 T herefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns and make a wall that she shall not find her paths.

7 A nd 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.

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 it was better with me than now.

8 F or she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

For she did not recognize that I gave her the wheat and the wine and the oil and multiplied unto them the silver and the gold, with which they made Baal.

9 T herefore 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.

Therefore I will return and take away my wheat in the time thereof and my wine in the season thereof and will recover my wool and my flax that I had given to cover her nakedness.

10 A nd now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

And now I will uncover her folly in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall deliver her out of my hand.

11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast, her new moon, and her sabbath, and all her festivities.

12 A nd 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 cause her vine and her fig tree to be cut down, of which she has said, These are my wages that my lovers have given me; and I will reduce them to a thicket, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

13 A nd 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.

And I will visit upon her the times of the Baals, unto whom she burned incense, and she adorned herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, oblivious of me, saith the LORD.

14 T herefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

¶ Therefore, behold, I will induce her and bring her into the wilderness and speak unto her heart.

15 A nd 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 I will give her vineyards from there, 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.

16 A nd it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

And it shall be in that time, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me My Husband, and shalt no longer call me Baali.

17 F or I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

For I will take away the names of Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no longer be remembered by their name.

18 A nd 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 in that time I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of the heaven and with the serpents of the earth; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle of the earth and will cause them to sleep safely.

19 A nd 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.

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness and in judgment and in mercy.

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faith: and thou shalt know the LORD.

21 A nd 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 it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth;

22 A nd the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

and the earth shall respond to the wheat and the wine and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel.

23 A nd 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.

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon Loruhamah, and I will say to Loammi, Thou art my people; and he shall say, Thou art my God.