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1. God says, "If a husband divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be made unclean? But you are like a sinful woman with many lovers, yet would you return to Me?" says the Lord.
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1. They say H559 , If H2005 a man H376 put away H7971 H853 his wife H802 , and she go H1980 from H4480 H854 him , and become H1961 another H312 man H376 's , shall he return H7725 unto H413 her again H5750 ? shall not H3808 that H1931 land H776 be greatly polluted H2610 H2610 ? but thou H859 hast played the harlot H2181 with many H7227 lovers H7453 ; yet return H7725 again to H413 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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2. "Lift up your eyes to the open hill-tops and see. Is there any place you have not lain with your lovers? You have sat by the roads waiting for them like an Arab in the desert. And you have made the land unclean with your sinful ways and your wrong-doing.
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2. Lift up H5375 thine eyes H5869 unto H5921 the high places H8205 , and see H7200 where H375 thou hast not H3808 been lain H7901 with. In H5921 the ways H1870 hast thou sat H3427 for them , as the Arabian H6163 in the wilderness H4057 ; and thou hast polluted H2610 the land H776 with thy whoredoms H2184 and with thy wickedness H7451 .
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3. So the rains have been held back. There has been no spring rain. You look like a woman who sells the use of her body, and would not be ashamed.
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3. Therefore the showers H7241 have been withheld H4513 , and there hath been H1961 no H3808 latter rain H4456 ; and thou hadst a whore H802 H2181 's forehead H4696 , thou refusedst H3985 to be ashamed H3637 .
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4. Have you not just now called to Me? You said, 'My Father, You have been my friend since I was young.
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4. Wilt thou not H3808 from this time H4480 H6258 cry H7121 unto me , My father H1 , thou H859 art the guide H441 of my youth H5271 ?
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5. Will You be angry forever? Will You be angry to the end?' See, this is how you talk, but you do all the sinful things you can."
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5. Will he reserve H5201 his anger forever H5769 ? will he keep H8104 it to the end H5331 ? Behold H2009 , thou hast spoken H1696 and done H6213 evil things H7451 as thou couldest H3201 .
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6. The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, "Have you seen what Israel did, and what little faith she has? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, like one who sells the use of her body.
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6. The LORD H3068 said H559 also unto H413 me in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the king H4428 , Hast thou seen H7200 that which H834 backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 hath done H6213 ? she H1931 is gone up H1980 upon H5921 every H3605 high H1364 mountain H2022 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086 , and there H8033 hath played the harlot H2181 .
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7. And I thought, 'After she has done all these things, she will return to Me.' But she did not return, and her sister Judah, who has not been faithful, saw it.
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7. And I said H559 after H310 she had done H6213 H853 all H3605 these H428 things , Turn H7725 thou unto H413 me . But she returned H7725 not H3808 . And her treacherous H901 sister H269 Judah H3063 saw H7200 it .
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8. She saw that for all of Israel's sins and how she had not been faithful, I had sent her away and given her a paper of divorce. Yet her sister Judah had no fear, but she went and sold the use of her body also.
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8. And I saw H7200 , when H3588 for H5921 all H3605 the causes H182 whereby H834 backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 committed adultery H5003 I had put her away H7971 , and given H5414 H413 her H853 a bill H5612 of divorce H3748 ; yet her treacherous H898 sister H269 Judah H3063 feared H3372 not H3808 , but went H1980 and played the harlot H2181 also H1571 .
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9. And because this sin was so easy for her, she sinned by worshiping stones and trees.
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9. And it came to pass H1961 through the lightness H4480 H6963 of her whoredom H2184 , that she defiled H2610 H853 the land H776 , and committed adultery H5003 with H854 stones H68 and with H854 stocks H6086 .
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10. Even with all this, her sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but in a false way," says the Lord.
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10. And yet H1571 for all H3605 this H2063 her treacherous H901 sister H269 Judah H3063 hath not H3808 turned H7725 unto H413 me with her whole H3605 heart H3820 , but H3588 H518 feignedly H8267 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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11. And the Lord said to me, "Israel, who has not been faithful, has shown herself more right and good than Judah who could not be trusted.
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11. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 me , The backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 hath justified H6663 herself H5315 more than treacherous H4480 H898 Judah H3063 .
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12. Go and make these words known to the north, saying, 'Return, Israel, who has not been faithful,' says the Lord. 'I will not look on you in anger. For I show loving-kindness,' says the Lord. 'I will not be angry forever.
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12. Go H1980 and proclaim H7121 H853 these H428 words H1697 toward the north H6828 , and say H559 , Return H7725 , thou backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; and I will not H3808 cause mine anger H6440 to fall H5307 upon you: for H3588 I H589 am merciful H2623 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and I will not H3808 keep H5201 anger forever H5769 .
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13. Only know and tell of your guilt, that you have sinned against the Lord your God and have given your favors to the strangers under every green tree. Know that you have not obeyed My voice,' says the Lord.
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13. Only H389 acknowledge H3045 thine iniquity H5771 , that H3588 thou hast transgressed H6586 against the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and hast scattered H6340 H853 thy ways H1870 to the strangers H2114 under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086 , and ye have not H3808 obeyed H8085 my voice H6963 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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14. 'Return, O sons who are not faithful,' says the Lord. 'For you belong to Me. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.'
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14. Turn H7725 , O backsliding H7726 children H1121 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; for H3588 I H595 am married H1166 unto you : and I will take H3947 you one H259 of a city H4480 H5892 , and two H8147 of a family H4480 H4940 , and I will bring H935 you to Zion H6726 :
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15. Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with much learning and understanding.
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15. And I will give H5414 you pastors H7462 according to mine heart H3820 , which shall feed H7462 you with knowledge H1844 and understanding H7919 .
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16. And in those days when you have become many in the land," says the Lord, "they will no more say, 'The special box with the Law of the Lord.' It will not come to mind, and they will not remember it. They will not miss it, and it will not be made again.
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16. And it shall come to pass H1961 , when H3588 ye be multiplied H7235 and increased H6509 in the land H776 , in those H1992 days H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , they shall say H559 no H3808 more H5750 , The ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 : neither H3808 shall it come H5927 to H5921 mind H3820 : neither H3808 shall they remember H2142 it; neither H3808 shall they visit H6485 it ; neither H3808 shall that be done H6213 any more H5750 .
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17. At that time they will call Jerusalem 'The throne of the Lord.' And all the nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. They will not follow the strong-will of their sinful heart any more.
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17. At that H1931 time H6256 they shall call H7121 Jerusalem H3389 the throne H3678 of the LORD H3068 ; and all H3605 the nations H1471 shall be gathered H6960 unto H413 it , to the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , to Jerusalem H3389 : neither H3808 shall they walk H1980 any more H5750 after H310 the imagination H8307 of their evil H7451 heart H3820 .
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18. In those days the people of Judah will walk with the people of Israel. They will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as a gift.
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18. In those H1992 days H3117 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 shall walk H1980 with H5921 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , and they shall come H935 together H3162 out of the land H4480 H776 of the north H6828 to H5921 the land H776 that H834 I have given for an inheritance H5157 unto H853 your fathers H1 .
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19. "Then I said, 'How I would like to make you My sons and give you a pleasing land, the most beautiful land of the nations!' And I said, 'You will call Me, "My Father," and not turn away from following Me.'
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19. But I H595 said H559 , How H349 shall I put H7896 thee among the children H1121 , and give H5414 thee a pleasant H2532 land H776 , a goodly H6643 heritage H5159 of the hosts H6635 of nations H1471 ? and I said H559 , Thou shalt call H7121 me , My father H1 ; and shalt not H3808 turn away H7725 from H4480 H310 me.
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20. For sure, as a woman is not faithful and leaves her husband, so you have not been faithful to Me, O people of Israel," says the Lord.
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20. Surely H403 as a wife H802 treacherously departeth H898 from her husband H4480 H1167 , so H3651 have ye dealt treacherously H898 with me , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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21. A voice is heard on the open hill-tops, the cries and prayers of the sons of Israel, because they have made their way sinful. They have forgotten the Lord their God.
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21. A voice H6963 was heard H8085 upon H5921 the high places H8205 , weeping H1065 and supplications H8469 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : for H3588 they have perverted H5753 H853 their way H1870 , and they have forgotten H7911 H853 the LORD H3068 their God H430 .
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22. "Return, O sons who are not faithful. I will heal you and make you faithful." "See, we come to You, for You are the Lord our God.
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22. Return H7725 , ye backsliding H7726 children H1121 , and I will heal H7495 your backslidings H4878 . Behold H2009 , we come H857 unto thee; for H3588 thou H859 art the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
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23. For sure the hills are a false hope, a noise on the mountains. In truth, the saving of Israel is in the Lord our God.
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23. Truly H403 in vain H8267 is salvation hoped for from the hills H4480 H1389 , and from the multitude H1995 of mountains H2022 : truly H403 in the LORD H3068 our God H430 is the salvation H8668 of Israel H3478 .
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24. But false gods have brought us shame and have destroyed what our fathers worked for since we were young, their flocks and cattle, their sons and their daughters.
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24. For shame H1322 hath devoured H398 H853 the labor H3018 of our fathers H1 from our youth H4480 H5271 ; H853 their flocks H6629 and their herds H1241 , H853 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 .
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25. Let us lie down in our shame, and let our shame cover us. For we and our fathers have sinned against the Lord our God ever since we were young. We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God."
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25. We lie down H7901 in our shame H1322 , and our confusion H3639 covereth H3680 us: for H3588 we have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 our God H430 , we H587 and our fathers H1 , from our youth H4480 H5271 even unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , and have not H3808 obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
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