1Say[H559] ye unto your brethren[H251], Ammi[H5971]; and to your sisters[H269], Ruhamah[H7355].
2Plead[H7378] with your mother[H517], plead[H7378]: for she is not my wife[H802], neither am I her husband[H376]: let her therefore put away[H5493] her whoredoms[H2183] out of her sight[H6440], and her adulteries[H5005] from between her breasts[H7699];
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Lest I strip[H6584] her naked[H6174], and set[H3322] her as in the day[H3117] that she was born[H3205], and make[H7760] her as a wilderness[H4057], and set[H7896] her like a dry[H6723]land[H776], and slay[H4191] her with thirst[H6772].
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And I will not have mercy[H7355] upon her children[H1121]; for they be the children[H1121] of whoredoms[H2183].
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For their mother[H517] hath played the harlot[H2181]: she that conceived[H2029] them hath done shamefully[H3001]: for she said[H559], I will go[H3212]after[H310] my lovers[H157], that give[H5414] me my bread[H3899] and my water[H4325], my wool[H6785] and my flax[H6593], mine oil[H8081] and my drink[H8250].
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Therefore, behold, I will hedge[H7753] up thy way[H1870] with thorns[H5518], and make[H1443] a wall[H1447], that she shall not find[H4672] her paths[H5410].
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And she shall follow[H7291] after her lovers[H157], but she shall not overtake[H5381] them; and she shall seek[H1245] them, but shall not find[H4672] them: then shall she say[H559], I will go[H3212] and return[H7725] to my first[H7223]husband[H376]; for then was it better[H2896] with me than now[H6258].
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For she did not know[H3045] that I gave[H5414] her corn[H1715], and wine[H8492], and oil[H3323], and multiplied[H7235] her silver[H3701] and gold[H2091], which they prepared[H6213] for Baal[H1168].
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Therefore will I return[H7725], and take away[H3947] my corn[H1715] in the time[H6256] thereof, and my wine[H8492] in the season[H4150] thereof, and will recover[H5337] my wool[H6785] and my flax[H6593] given to cover[H3680] her nakedness[H6172].
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And now will I discover[H1540] her lewdness[H5040] in the sight[H5869] of her lovers[H157], and none[H376] shall deliver[H5337] her out of mine hand[H3027].
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I will also cause all her mirth[H4885] to cease[H7673], her feast days[H2282], her new moons[H2320], and her sabbaths[H7676], and all her solemn feasts[H4150].
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And I will destroy[H8074] her vines[H1612] and her fig trees[H8384], whereof she hath said[H559], These are my rewards[H866] that my lovers[H157] have given[H5414] me: and I will make[H7760] them a forest[H3293], and the beasts[H2416] of the field[H7704] shall eat[H398] them.
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And I will visit[H6485] upon her the days[H3117] of Baalim[H1168], wherein she burned incense[H6999] to them, and she decked[H5710] herself with her earrings[H5141] and her jewels[H2484], and she went[H3212]after[H310] her lovers[H157], and forgat[H7911] me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Therefore, behold, I will allure[H6601] her, and bring[H3212] her into the wilderness[H4057], and speak[H1696]comfortably[H3820] unto her.
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And I will give[H5414] her her vineyards[H3754] from thence, and the valley[H6010] of Achor[H5911] for a door[H6607] of hope[H8615]: and she shall sing[H6030] there, as in the days[H3117] of her youth[H5271], and as in the day[H3117] when she came up[H5927] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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And it shall be at that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that thou shalt call[H7121] me Ishi[H376]; and shalt call[H7121] me no more Baali[H1180].
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For I will take away[H5493] the names[H8034] of Baalim[H1168] out of her mouth[H6310], and they shall no more be remembered[H2142] by their name[H8034].
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And in that day[H3117] will I make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] for them with the beasts[H2416] of the field[H7704], and with the fowls[H5775] of heaven[H8064], and with the creeping things[H7431] of the ground[H127]: and I will break[H7665] the bow[H7198] and the sword[H2719] and the battle[H4421] out of the earth[H776], and will make[H3772] them to lie down[H7901]safely[H983].
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And I will betroth[H781] thee unto me for ever[H5769]; yea, I will betroth[H781] thee unto me in righteousness[H6664], and in judgment[H4941], and in lovingkindness[H2617], and in mercies[H7356].
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I will even betroth[H781] thee unto me in faithfulness[H530]: and thou shalt know[H3045] the LORD[H3068].
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], I will hear[H6030], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], I will hear[H6030] the heavens[H8064], and they shall hear[H6030] the earth[H776];
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And the earth[H776] shall hear[H6030] the corn[H1715], and the wine[H8492], and the oil[H3323]; and they shall hear[H6030]Jezreel[H3157].
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And I will sow[H2232] her unto me in the earth[H776]; and I will have mercy[H7355] upon her that had not obtained mercy[H3818]; and I will say[H559] to them which were not my people[H5971], Thou art my people[H5971]; and they shall say[H559], Thou art my God[H430].