<vn='1'>They <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="2005">If</s> a <sn="376">man</s> put <sn="7971">away</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="802">wife</s>, and she <sn="1980">go</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> him, and <sn="1961">become</s><sn="312">another</s><sn="376">man</s> 's, shall he <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">unto</s> her <sn="5750">again</s>? shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="776">land</s> be greatly <sn="2610 2610">polluted</s>? but <sn="859">thou</s> hast played the <sn="2181">harlot</s> with <sn="7227">many</s><sn="7453">lovers</s>; yet <sn="7725">return</s> again <sn="413">to</s> me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Lift <sn="5375">up</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the high <sn="8205">places</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="375">where</s> thou hast <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="7901">lain</s> with. <sn="5921">In</s> the <sn="1870">ways</s> hast thou <sn="3427">sat</s> for them, as the <sn="6163">Arabian</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>; and thou hast <sn="2610">polluted</s> the <sn="776">land</s> with thy <sn="2184">whoredoms</s> and with thy <sn="7451">wickedness</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Therefore the <sn="7241">showers</s> have been <sn="4513">withheld</s>, and there hath <sn="1961">been</s><sn="3808">no</s> latter <sn="4456">rain</s>; and thou hadst a <sn="802 2181">whore</s> 's <sn="4696">forehead</s>, thou <sn="3985">refusedst</s> to be <sn="3637">ashamed</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Wilt thou <sn="3808">not</s> from this <sn="4480 6258">time</s><sn="7121">cry</s> unto me, My <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> art the <sn="441">guide</s> of my <sn="5271">youth</s>? </v>
<vn='5'>Will he <sn="5201">reserve</s> his anger <sn="5769">forever</s>? will he <sn="8104">keep</s> it to the <sn="5331">end</s>? <sn="2009">Behold</s>, thou hast <sn="1696">spoken</s> and <sn="6213">done</s> evil <sn="7451">things</s> as thou <sn="3201">couldest</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s> also <sn="413">unto</s> me in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, Hast thou <sn="7200">seen</s> that <sn="834">which</s><sn="4878">backsliding</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s>? <sn="1931">she</s> is gone <sn="1980">up</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="1364">high</s><sn="2022">mountain</s> and <sn="8478">under</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7488">green</s><sn="6086">tree</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> hath played the <sn="2181">harlot</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And I <sn="559">said</s><sn="310">after</s> she had <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> things, <sn="7725">Turn</s> thou <sn="413">unto</s> me. But she <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="3808">not</s>. And her <sn="901">treacherous</s><sn="269">sister</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7200">saw</s> it. </v>
<vn='8'>And I <sn="7200">saw</s>, <sn="3588">when</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="182">causes</s><sn="834">whereby</s><sn="4878">backsliding</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> committed <sn="5003">adultery</s> I had put her <sn="7971">away</s>, and <sn="5414 413">given</s> her <sn="*853"></s> a <sn="5612">bill</s> of <sn="3748">divorce</s>; yet her <sn="898">treacherous</s><sn="269">sister</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="3372">feared</s><sn="3808">not</s>, but <sn="1980">went</s> and played the <sn="2181">harlot</s><sn="1571">also</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> through the <sn="4480 6963">lightness</s> of her <sn="2184">whoredom</s>, that she <sn="2610">defiled</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and committed <sn="5003">adultery</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="68">stones</s> and <sn="854">with</s><sn="6086">stocks</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1571">yet</s> for <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s> her <sn="901">treacherous</s><sn="269">sister</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">turned</s><sn="413">unto</s> me with her <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="8267">feignedly</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, The <sn="4878">backsliding</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> hath <sn="6663">justified</s><sn="5315">herself</s> more than <sn="4480 898">treacherous</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="7121">proclaim</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s> toward the <sn="6828">north</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="7725">Return</s>, thou <sn="4878">backsliding</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and I will <sn="3808">not</s> cause mine <sn="6440">anger</s> to <sn="5307">fall</s> upon you: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am <sn="2623">merciful</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5201">keep</s> anger <sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="389">Only</s><sn="3045">acknowledge</s> thine <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou hast <sn="6586">transgressed</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, and hast <sn="6340">scattered</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1870">ways</s> to the <sn="2114">strangers</s><sn="8478">under</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="7488">green</s><sn="6086">tree</s>, and ye have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obeyed</s> my <sn="6963">voice</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="7725">Turn</s>, O <sn="7726">backsliding</s><sn="1121">children</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="595">I</s> am <sn="1166">married</s> unto you: and I will <sn="3947">take</s> you <sn="259">one</s> of a <sn="4480 5892">city</s>, and <sn="8147">two</s> of a <sn="4480 4940">family</s>, and I will <sn="935">bring</s> you to <sn="6726">Zion</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>And I will <sn="5414">give</s> you <sn="7462">pastors</s> according to mine <sn="3820">heart</s>, which shall <sn="7462">feed</s> you with <sn="1844">knowledge</s> and <sn="7919">understanding</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> ye be <sn="7235">multiplied</s> and <sn="6509">increased</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, they shall <sn="559">say</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>, The <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> shall it <sn="5927">come</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="3820">mind</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> shall they <sn="2142">remember</s> it; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall they <sn="6485">visit</s> it; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall that be <sn="6213">done</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>At <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s> they shall <sn="7121">call</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s> shall be <sn="6960">gathered</s><sn="413">unto</s> it, to the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> shall they <sn="1980">walk</s> any <sn="5750">more</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="8307">imagination</s> of their <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> shall <sn="1980">walk</s><sn="5921">with</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and they shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="3162">together</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">that</s> I have given for an <sn="5157">inheritance</s> unto <sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>But <sn="595">I</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="349">How</s> shall I <sn="7896">put</s> thee among the <sn="1121">children</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> thee a <sn="2532">pleasant</s><sn="776">land</s>, a <sn="6643">goodly</s><sn="5159">heritage</s> of the <sn="6635">hosts</s> of <sn="1471">nations</s>? and I <sn="559">said</s>, Thou shalt <sn="7121">call</s> me, My <sn="1">father</s>; and shalt <sn="3808">not</s> turn <sn="7725">away</s><sn="4480 310">from</s> me. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="403">Surely</s> as a <sn="802">wife</s> treacherously <sn="898">departeth</s> from her <sn="4480 1167">husband</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> have ye dealt <sn="898">treacherously</s> with me, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>A <sn="6963">voice</s> was <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the high <sn="8205">places</s>, <sn="1065">weeping</s> and <sn="8469">supplications</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they have <sn="5753">perverted</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1870">way</s>, and they have <sn="7911">forgotten</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="7725">Return</s>, ye <sn="7726">backsliding</s><sn="1121">children</s>, and I will <sn="7495">heal</s> your <sn="4878">backslidings</s>. <sn="2009">Behold</s>, we <sn="857">come</s> unto thee; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s> art the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="403">Truly</s> in <sn="8267">vain</s> is salvation hoped for from the <sn="4480 1389">hills</s>, and from the <sn="1995">multitude</s> of <sn="2022">mountains</s>: <sn="403">truly</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s> is the <sn="8668">salvation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>For <sn="1322">shame</s> hath <sn="398">devoured</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3018">labor</s> of our <sn="1">fathers</s> from our <sn="4480 5271">youth</s>; <sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6629">flocks</s> and their <sn="1241">herds</s>, <sn="*853"></s> their <sn="1121">sons</s> and their <sn="1323">daughters</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>We lie <sn="7901">down</s> in our <sn="1322">shame</s>, and our <sn="3639">confusion</s><sn="3680">covereth</s> us: <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="2398">sinned</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="587">we</s> and our <sn="1">fathers</s>, from our <sn="4480 5271">youth</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>, and have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obeyed</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>. </v>