¶ Say ye unto¹ your brethren, Ammi²; and to your sisters, Ruhamah³.

Plead with⁴ your mother, plead: for she⁵ is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let⁶ her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

Lest I strip⁷ her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born⁸, and make her as⁹ a wilderness, and set her like a dry¹⁰ land, and slay¹¹ her with thirst.

And I will not¹² have mercy upon her children; for they be¹³ the children of¹⁴ whoredoms.

For their mother¹⁵ hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done¹⁶ shamefully: for she said, I will¹⁷ go after my lovers, that give¹⁸ me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink¹⁹.

¶ Therefore, behold, I will²⁰ hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall²¹, that she shall not find her paths.

And she shall follow²² after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will²³ go and return to my first²⁴ husband; for²⁵ then was it better with me than now.

For she²⁶ did not know that I gave her corn²⁷, and wine²⁸, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal²⁹.

Therefore will I³⁰ return, and take³¹ away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover³² my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

¶ And now³³ will I discover her lewdness³⁴ in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

I will also cause³⁵ all her mirth to cease, her feast³⁶ days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

And I will destroy³⁷ her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will³⁸ make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

And I will visit³⁹ upon her the days⁴⁰ of Baalim, wherein she burned⁴¹ incense to them, and she decked⁴² herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went⁴³ after her lovers, and forgat⁴⁴ me, saith the LORD.

¶ Therefore,⁴⁵ behold, I will⁴⁶ allure her, and bring⁴⁷ her into the wilderness, and speak⁴⁸ comfortably⁴⁹ unto her.

And I will⁵⁰ give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley⁵¹ of Achor for⁵² a door of hope: and she shall sing⁵³ there, as in the days⁵⁴ of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi⁵⁵; and shalt call me no more Baali⁵⁶.

For I will⁵⁷ take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they⁵⁸ shall no more be remembered by their name.

And in that day⁵⁹ will I⁶⁰ 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 break⁶¹ the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will⁶² make them to lie down safely.

And I will⁶³ betroth thee unto me for⁶⁴ ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness⁶⁵, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

¶ I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and⁶⁶ thou shalt know the LORD.

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith⁶⁷ the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they⁶⁸ shall hear Jezreel.

And I will sow⁶⁹ her unto me in the earth; and I will have⁷⁰ mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say⁷¹ to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God⁷².