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1. "You are to call your brothers, 'my people,' and your sisters, 'you have been shown pity.'
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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 with your mother. Accuse her, because she is no longer my wife, and I am no longer her husband. Tell her to stop acting like a prostitute, to stop behaving like an unfaithful wife.
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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. If she refuses, I will strip her naked and leave her bare like the day she was born. I will make her dry like a desert, like a land without water, and I will 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 not take pity on her children, because they are the children of a prostitute.
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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. Their mother has acted like a prostitute; the one who became pregnant with them has acted disgracefully. She said, 'I will chase after my lovers, who give me my food and water, wool and flax, wine and olive oil.'
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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. So I will block her road with thornbushes; I will build a wall around her so 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. She will run after her lovers, but she won't catch them. She will look for them, but she won't find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, because life was better then for me than it is 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. But she does not know that I was the one who gave her grain, new wine, and oil. I gave her much silver and gold, but she used it for 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. "So I will come back and take away my grain at harvest time and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and linen that covered her nakedness.
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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. So I will show her nakedness to her lovers, and no one will save 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 celebrations: her yearly festivals, her New Moon festivals, and her Sabbaths. I will stop all of her special feasts.
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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, which she said were her pay from her lovers. I will turn them into a forest, and wild animals will eat 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 all the times she burned incense to the Baals. She put on her rings and jewelry and went chasing 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. "So I am going to attract her; I will lead her into the desert 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. There I will give her back her vineyards, and I will make the Valley of Trouble a door of hope. There she will respond as when she was young, as when she came out 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. The Lord says, "In the future she will call me 'my husband;' no longer will she call me 'my baal.'
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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. I will never let her say the names of Baal again; people won't use their names anymore.
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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 an agreement for them with the wild animals, the birds, and the crawling things. I will smash from the land the bow and the sword and the weapons of war, so my people will live in safety.
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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. And I will make you my promised bride forever. I will be good and fair; I will show you my love and mercy.
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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 be true to you as my promised bride, and you will know 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 speak to you," says the Lord. "I will speak to the skies, and they will give rain to the earth.
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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. The earth will produce grain, new wine, and oil; much will grow because my people are called 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. I will plant my people in the land, and I will show pity to the one I had called 'not shown pity.' I will say, 'You are my people' to those I had called 'not my people.' And they will say to me, 'You are our 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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