Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will
he return to
her again? Won't
that land be greatly polluted? But you
have
played the prostitute
with many lovers; yet return again to me, says
Yahweh
.
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
.
Lift up your
eyes to
the bare
heights
, and see ;
where have
you
not been lain
with ?
By
the ways have
you
sat for them, as an
Arabian in the wilderness; and you
have
polluted the land with your
prostitution
and with your
wickedness.
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.
Therefore the showers have been withheld
, and there has
been no latter rain; yet
you
have
a prostitute's
forehead, you
refused
to be ashamed.
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.
Will
you
not from this time cry to
me, My Father, you
are
the guide of my youth?
Wilt
thou
not from this time cry unto
me, My father, thou
art
the guide of my youth?
Will he retain
[
his anger ]
forever
? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you
have
spoken and have
done evil things ,
and
have
had
your
way
.
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
.
Moreover
Yahweh
said to
me in the days of Josiah the king, Have
you
seen that which backsliding Israel has
done? she is gone up on
every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has
played the prostitute
.
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
.
I said after she had done all these things, She
will
return
to
me ;
but she didn't
return:
and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
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 saw, when ,
for this
very
cause
that
backsliding Israel had
committed adultery ,
I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce ,
yet treacherous
Judah,
her sister, didn't
fear;
but she
also
went and played the prostitute
.
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
.
It happened
through the lightness of her prostitution
, that the land was
polluted
, and she
committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
And
it came
to
pass
through the lightness of her whoredom
, that she
defiled
the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has
not returned
to
me with her whole heart, but only
in
pretense
, says
Yahweh
.
And
yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath
not turned
unto
me with her whole heart, but feignedly
, saith
the
LORD
.
Yahweh
said to
me, Backsliding Israel has
shown
herself more righteous
than treacherous Judah.
And
the
LORD
said unto
me, The
backsliding Israel hath
justified
herself more than treacherous Judah.
Go ,
and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you
backsliding Israel, says
Yahweh
; I will not look
in
anger on
you ;
for I am merciful, says
Yahweh
, I will not keep [
anger ]
forever
.
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
.
Only acknowledge your
iniquity, that you
have
transgressed against Yahweh
your
God, and have
scattered your
ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you
have not obeyed my voice, says
Yahweh
.
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
.
Return
, backsliding children, says
Yahweh
; for I am a
husband
to
you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
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:
and I will give you shepherds
according to my
heart, who
shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
And I will give you pastors
according to mine
heart, which
shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
It shall come to pass, when you
are
multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says
Yahweh
, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh;
neither shall it come to mind ;
neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss
it; neither shall it
be made
any more.
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.
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Yahweh
; and all the nations shall be gathered to
it, to the name of Yahweh
, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness
of their evil heart.
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.
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 gave
for an inheritance to
your fathers.
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.
But I said, How I will
put you
among the children, and give you
a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the
nations !
and I said, You
shall
call me My Father ,
and shall
not turn away from following
me.
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.
Surely as a wife treacherously departs
from her husband, so have you
dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel, says
Yahweh
.
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth
from her husband, so have ye
dealt treacherously with me, O
house of Israel, saith
the
LORD
.
A voice is
heard on
the bare
heights
, the
weeping [
and ]
the
petitions
of the children of Israel ;
because
they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh
their God.
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.
Return, you
backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding
. Behold, we are
come to
you
; for you
are
Yahweh
our God.
Return, ye
backsliding children, and
I will heal your backslidings
. Behold, we come unto
thee
; for thou
art
the
LORD
our God.
Truly in vain is [the
help
that
is
looked
for ]
from the hills, the
tumult
on
the mountains: truly in Yahweh
our God is the salvation of Israel.
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.
But
the
shameful
thing
has
devoured the labor
of our fathers from our youth ,
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
For
shame
hath
devoured the labour
of our fathers from our youth ;
their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Let
us
lie down in our shame, and let
our confusion cover
us ;
for we have sinned against Yahweh
our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to
this day ;
and we
have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh
our God.
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.
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