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1. Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)!
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1. Say H559 ye unto your brethren H251 , Ammi H5971 ; and to your sisters H269 , Ruhamah H7355 .
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2. Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
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2. Plead H7378 with your mother H517 , plead H7378 : for H3588 she H1931 is not H3808 my wife H802 , neither H3808 am I H595 her husband H376 : let her therefore put away H5493 her whoredoms H2183 out of her sight H4480 H6440 , and her adulteries H5005 from between H4480 H996 her breasts H7699 ;
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3. Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst.
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3. Lest H6435 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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4. I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.
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4. And I will not H3808 have mercy upon H7355 her children H1121 ; for H3588 they H1992 be the children H1121 of whoredoms H2183 .
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5. For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, "I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine.
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5. For H3588 their mother H517 hath played the harlot H2181 : she that conceived H2029 them hath done shamefully H954 : for H3588 she said H559 , I will go H1980 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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6. Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
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6. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , I will hedge up H7753 H853 thy way H1870 with thorns H5518 , and make H1443 H853 a wall H1447 , that she shall not H3808 find H4672 her paths H5410 .
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7. Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, "I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now."
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7. And she shall follow after H7291 H853 her lovers H157 , but she shall not H3808 overtake H5381 them ; and she shall seek H1245 them , but shall not H3808 find H4672 them : then shall she say H559 , I will go H1980 and return H7725 to H413 my first H7223 husband H376 ; for H3588 then H227 was it better H2896 with me than now H4480 H6258 .
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8. Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold� which they used in worshiping Baal!
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8. For she H1931 did not H3808 know H3045 that H3588 I H595 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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9. Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided in order to clothe her.
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9. Therefore H3651 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 H853 her nakedness H6172 .
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10. Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me!
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10. And now H6258 will I discover H1540 H853 her lewdness H5040 in the sight H5869 of her lovers H157 , and none H3808 H376 shall deliver H5337 her out of mine hand H4480 H3027 .
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11. I will put an end to all her celebration: her annual religious festivals, monthly new moon celebrations, and weekly Sabbath festivities� all her appointed festivals.
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11. I will also cause all H3605 her mirth H4885 to cease H7673 , her feast days H2282 , her new moons H2320 , and her sabbaths H7676 , and all H3605 her solemn feasts H4150 .
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12. I will destroy her vines and fig trees, about which she said, "These are my wages for prostitution that my lovers gave to me!" I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees into an uncultivated thicket, so that wild animals will devour them.
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12. And I will destroy H8074 her vines H1612 and her fig trees H8384 , whereof H834 she hath said H559 , These H1992 are my rewards H866 that H834 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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13. "I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!" says the LORD.
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13. And I will visit H6485 upon H5921 her H853 the days H3117 of Baalim H1168 , wherein H834 she burned incense H6999 to them , and she decked H5710 herself with her earrings H5141 and her jewels H2484 , and she went H1980 after H310 her lovers H157 , and forgot H7911 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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14. However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
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14. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , I H595 will allure H6601 her , and bring H1980 her into the wilderness H4057 , and speak H1696 comfortably H5921 H3820 unto her.
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15. From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the "Valley of Trouble" into an "Opportunity for Hope." There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.
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15. And I will give H5414 her H853 her vineyards H3754 from thence H4480 H8033 , and the valley H6010 of Achor H5911 for a door H6607 of hope H8615 : and she shall sing H6030 there H8033 , as in the days H3117 of her youth H5271 , and as in the day H3117 when she came up H5927 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 .
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16. "At that time," declares the LORD, "you will call, 'My husband'; you will never again call me, 'My master.'
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16. And it shall be H1961 at that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that thou shalt call H7121 me Ishi H376 ; and shalt call H7121 me no H3808 more H5750 Baali H1180 .
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17. For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!"
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17. For I will take away H5493 H853 the names H8034 of Baalim H1168 out of her mouth H4480 H6310 , and they shall no H3808 more H5750 be remembered H2142 by their name H8034 .
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18. "At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior's bow and sword� that is, every weapon of warfare� from the land, and I will allow them to live securely."
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18. And in that H1931 day H3117 will I make H3772 a covenant H1285 for them with H5973 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 , and with H5973 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 H4480 the earth H776 , and will make them to lie down H7901 safely H983 .
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19. I will commit myself to you forever; I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion.
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19. And I will betroth H781 thee unto me forever 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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20. I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the LORD."
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20. I will even betroth H781 thee unto me in faithfulness H530 : and thou shalt know H3045 H853 the LORD H3068 .
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21. "At that time, I will willingly respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;
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21. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , I will hear H6030 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , I will hear H6030 H853 the heavens H8064 , and they H1992 shall hear H6030 H853 the earth H776 ;
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22. then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to 'God Plants' (Jezreel)!
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22. And the earth H776 shall hear H6030 H853 the corn H1715 , and the wine H8492 , and the oil H3323 ; and they H1992 shall hear H6030 H853 Jezreel H3157 .
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23. Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), 'You are my people!' And he will say, 'You are my God!'"
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23. And I will sow H2232 her unto me in the earth H776 ; and I will have mercy upon H7355 H853 her that had not H3808 obtained mercy H7355 ; and I will say H559 to them which were not H3808 my people H5971 , Thou H859 art my people H5971 ; and they H1931 shall say H559 , Thou art my God H430 .
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