1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a
7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake
8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and
9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time
10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new
12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath
13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of
16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call
17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and
18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth
20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the
23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy