Verse
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King James Version
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Berean Standard Bible
They
say,
If a man put
away
his wife ,
and she go
from
him ,
and
become
another man's
, shall
he return unto
her again
? shall
not that
land be greatly
polluted
? but thou
hast
played the harlot with many lovers ;
yet
return again
to me ,
saith
the LORD.
“
If a man divorces
his wife and she leaves
him to
marry
another, can
he ever
return to
her? Would
not such
a
land be completely
defiled
? But you
have
played the harlot with many lovers —
and
you
would
return to Me ?”
declares
the LORD.
Lift up thine
eyes unto
the high
places,
and see where thou
hast
not been lien
with.
In
the
ways
hast
thou
sat for them
, as
the
Arabian
in the wilderness;
and
thou
hast
polluted
the land with thy
whoredoms
and with
thy
wickedness.
“
Lift up your
eyes to
the barren
heights
and see .
Is
there
any
place
where you
have
not been violated?
You
sat beside
the
highways
waiting
for your
lovers
, like
a
nomad
in the desert.
You
have
defiled
the land with your
prostitution
and wickedness.
Therefore the showers have been withholden
, and there
hath
been
no latter
rain;
and
thou
hadst
a whore's
forehead,
thou
refusedst
to be ashamed.
Therefore the showers have been withheld
, and no spring
rains
have
fallen.
Yet
you
have
the
brazen
look
of
a prostitute;
you
refuse
to be ashamed.
Wilt
thou
not from
this
time
cry
unto
me, My father, thou
art
the
guide
of
my youth ?
Have
you
not just
called
to
Me, ‘
My Father, You
are
my friend
from
youth .
Will he reserve
his
anger
for
ever
? will he keep
it
to the end? Behold,
thou
hast
spoken and
done
evil things
as
thou
couldest
.
Will He be
angry
forever
? Will He be
indignant
to the end? ’
This
you
have
spoken ,
but
you
keep
doing
all
the
evil you
can
. ”
The
LORD
said
also
unto
me
in the days of Josiah the king
, Hast
thou
seen that
which
backsliding
Israel hath
done? she is
gone up upon
every high mountain
and under every green tree ,
and
there hath
played
the
harlot
.
Now
in the days of King
Josiah ,
the LORD
said
to
me
, “Have
you
seen what
faithless
Israel has
done? She has
gone up on
every high hill
and under every green tree to
prostitute
herself
there.
And
I said
after she had done all these things, Turn
thou
unto
me. But she returned
not .
And her treacherous
sister Judah saw it.
I thought
that
after she had done all these things, she
would
return
to
Me. But she did
not return,
and her unfaithful
sister Judah saw it.
And
I
saw ,
when
for
all
the
causes
whereby
backsliding
Israel committed adultery I
had
put
her
away
, and
given
her a bill
of divorce ;
yet
her treacherous
sister Judah feared
not,
but
went
and played
the
harlot
also
.
She
saw that
because
faithless
Israel had
committed adultery, I
gave
her a certificate
of divorce and
sent
her away.
Yet
that
unfaithful
sister Judah had
no
fear
and prostituted
herself
as
well
.
And
it
came
to pass
through
the
lightness
of
her whoredom
, that
she
defiled the land ,
and committed adultery with stones and with
stocks
.
Indifferent
to her own
infidelity
, Israel
had
defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees
.
And
yet for
all this her treacherous
sister Judah hath
not turned
unto
me with her whole
heart, but feignedly
, saith
the LORD.
Yet in
spite
of
all this ,
her unfaithful
sister Judah did
not return
to
Me with all
her heart, but only
in
pretense
, ”
declares
the LORD.
And the LORD said unto
me, The
backsliding
Israel hath
justified
herself more than treacherous
Judah.
And the LORD said to
me, “Faithless
Israel has
shown
herself more righteous
than unfaithful
Judah.
Go and
proclaim these
words
toward the north ,
and
say,
Return, thou
backsliding
Israel, saith
the LORD ;
and
I will not
cause
mine
anger
to
fall
upon
you :
for I am merciful, saith
the LORD ,
and
I will not keep
anger
for
ever
.
Go ,
proclaim this
message
toward the north :
‘
Return, O
faithless
Israel, ’
declares
the LORD .
‘
I will no
longer
look
on
you with
anger,
for I am merciful, ’
declares
the LORD .
‘
I will not be
angry
forever
.
Only acknowledge thine
iniquity
, that thou
hast
transgressed
against the LORD thy
God ,
and
hast
scattered thy
ways
to the
strangers
under every green tree ,
and ye
have not obeyed my voice, saith
the LORD.
Only acknowledge your
guilt
, that you
have
rebelled
against the LORD your
God .
You
have
scattered your
favors
to foreign
gods
under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice, ’”
declares
the LORD.
Turn
, O backsliding
children, saith
the LORD ;
for I am married
unto
you:
and I will take you one of
a city ,
and two of
a family ,
and I
will
bring you to Zion :
“Return
, O faithless
children, ”
declares
the LORD ,
“
for I am your
master,
and I will take you —
one from
a city and two from
a family —
and bring you to Zion .
And
I will give you pastors
according
to
mine
heart, which
shall
feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Then
I will give you shepherds
after
My
own
heart, who
will
feed you with knowledge and understanding. ”
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
, when ye
be
multiplied
and increased
in the land, in
those
days,
saith
the LORD, they shall
say
no more,
The ark of the covenant of the LORD :
neither
shall
it come to mind :
neither
shall
they
remember it ;
neither
shall
they
visit
it ;
neither
shall
that
be done
any
more
.
“In
those
days
, when you
multiply
and increase
in the land, ”
declares
the LORD, “
they will
no longer
discuss
the ark of the covenant of the LORD .
It will
never
come to mind ,
and
no
one
will
remember it or
miss
it ,
nor
will
another
one
be made
.
At that time they
shall
call
Jerusalem the throne of the LORD ;
and all the nations shall
be gathered unto
it,
to the name of the LORD ,
to
Jerusalem:
neither
shall
they walk
any
more
after
the imagination
of their evil heart
.
At that time Jerusalem will
be
called
The Throne of the LORD ,
and all the nations will
be gathered in
Jerusalem
to honor
the name of the LORD .
They will
no
longer
follow
the stubbornness
of their evil hearts
.
In those days the house of Judah shall
walk with the house of Israel, and they shall
come together out
of
the land of the north to the land that I have
given
for
an
inheritance
unto
your fathers.
In those days the house of Judah will
walk with the house of Israel, and they will
come together from
the land of the north to the land that I gave
to
your fathers as
an
inheritance
.
But
I said, How shall
I put
thee
among
the
children,
and give thee
a pleasant
land, a
goodly
heritage
of
the hosts
of nations ?
and
I said,
Thou
shalt
call me ,
My
father ;
and shalt
not
turn away from me.
Then
I said, ‘
How I long
to
make
you
My
sons
and give you
a desirable
land, the most
beautiful
inheritance
of all
the
nations !’
I thought
you
would
call Me ‘
Father ’
and never
turn away from following
Me.
Surely
as a wife
treacherously
departeth
from
her husband, so have ye
dealt
treacherously
with
me, O house of Israel, saith
the LORD.
But
as a woman
may
betray
her husband, so you
have betrayed
Me, O house of Israel, ”
declares
the LORD.
A voice was
heard upon
the high
places
, weeping
and
supplications
of
the children of Israel :
for they have perverted their way,
and they
have
forgotten the LORD their God.
A voice is
heard on
the barren
heights
, the children of Israel weeping
and
begging
for mercy,
because
they have perverted their ways
and forgotten the LORD their God.
Return, ye
backsliding
children, and I will heal your backslidings
. Behold,
we come unto
thee;
for thou
art
the LORD our God.
“
Return, O
faithless
children, and I will heal your faithlessness
. ”
“Here
we are.
We
come to
You,
for You
are
the LORD our God.
Truly
in
vain
is
salvation
hoped
for
from the hills, and from the multitude
of
mountains :
truly
in the LORD our God is
the
salvation
of
Israel
.
Surely
deception
comes
from the hills, and commotion
from the mountains .
Surely
the
salvation
of
Israel
is
in the LORD our God.
For
shame
hath
devoured
the
labour
of
our
fathers
from our youth ;
their flocks and their
herds, their sons and their
daughters.
From our youth ,
that
shameful
god
has
consumed
what
our
fathers
have
worked
for—
their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
We
lie down in our shame ,
and
our confusion
covereth
us :
for
we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers ,
from our youth even unto
this day ,
and
have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Let
us
lie down in our shame ;
let
our disgrace
cover
us .
We have sinned against the LORD our God, both
we and our fathers ;
from our youth even to
this day we
have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. ”
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