1 vulgo dicitur si dimiserit vir uxorem suam
et recedens ab eo duxerit virum alterum
numquid revertetur ad eam ultra
numquid non polluta et contaminata erit mulier illa
tu autem fornicata es cum amatoribus multis
tamen revertere ad me dicit Dominus
2 leva oculos tuos in directum et vide ubi non prostrata sis
in viis sedebas expectans eos quasi latro in solitudine
et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis et in malitiis tuis
3 quam ob rem prohibitae sunt stillae pluviarum
et serotinus imber non fuit
frons mulieris meretricis facta est tibi noluisti erubescere
4 ergo saltim amodo voca me
pater meus dux virginitatis meae tu es
5 numquid irasceris in perpetuum aut perseverabis in finem
ecce locuta es et fecisti mala et potuisti
6 et dixit Dominus ad me in diebus Iosiae regis
numquid vidisti quae fecerit aversatrix Israhel
abiit sibimet super omnem montem excelsum
et sub omne lignum frondosum
et fornicata est ibi
7 et dixi cum fecisset haec omnia ad me convertere
et non est reversa
et vidit praevaricatrix soror eius Iuda
8 quia pro eo quod moechata esset aversatrix Israhel dimisissem eam
et dedissem ei libellum repudii
et non timuit praevaricatrix Iuda soror eius
sed abiit et fornicata est etiam ipsa
9 et facilitate fornicationis suae contaminavit terram
et moechata est cum lapide et cum ligno
10 et in omnibus his non est reversa ad me
praevaricatrix soror eius Iuda in toto corde suo
sed in mendacio ait Dominus
11 et dixit Dominus ad me
iustificavit animam suam aversatrix Israhel
conparatione praevaricatricis Iuda
12 vade et clama sermones istos contra aquilonem et dices
revertere aversatrix Israhel ait Dominus
et non avertam faciem meam a vobis
quia sanctus ego sum dicit Dominus et non irascar in perpetuum
13 tamen scito iniquitatem tuam
quia in Dominum Deum tuum praevaricata es
et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso
et vocem meam non audisti ait Dominus
14 convertimini filii revertentes dicit Dominus
quia ego vir vester
et adsumam vos unum de civitate et duos de cognatione
et introducam vos in Sion
15 et dabo vobis pastores iuxta cor meum
et pascent vos scientia et doctrina
16 cumque multiplicati fueritis et creveritis in terra
in diebus illis ait Dominus non dicent ultra
arca testamenti Domini
neque ascendet super cor neque recordabuntur illius
nec visitabitur nec fiet ultra
17 in tempore illo vocabunt Hierusalem solium Domini
et congregabuntur ad eam omnes gentes
in nomine Domini in Hierusalem
et non ambulabunt post pravitatem cordis sui pessimi
18 in diebus illis ibit domus Iuda ad domum Israhel
et venient simul de terra aquilonis
ad terram quam dedi patribus vestris
19 ego autem dixi quomodo ponam te in filiis
et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem
hereditatem praeclaram exercituum gentium
et dixi patrem vocabis me et post me ingredi non cessabis
20 sed quomodo si contemnat mulier amatorem suum
sic contempsit me domus Israhel dicit Dominus
21 vox in viis audita est ploratus et ululatus filiorum Israhel
quoniam iniquam fecerunt viam suam obliti sunt Domini Dei sui
22 convertimini filii revertentes et sanabo aversiones vestras
ecce nos venimus ad te tu enim es Dominus Deus noster
23 vere mendaces erant colles multitudo montium
vere in Domino Deo nostro salus Israhel
24 confusio comedit laborem patrum nostrorum ab adulescentia nostra
greges eorum et armenta eorum
filios eorum et filias eorum
25 dormiemus in confusione nostra et operiet nos ignominia nostra
quoniam Domino Deo nostro peccavimus nos et patres nostri
ab adulescentia nostra usque ad hanc diem
et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri
1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? 5 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.
6 ¶ 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. 7 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 . 8 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. 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. 11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
12 ¶ 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. 13 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. 14 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: 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 16 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. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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.
20 ¶ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. 21 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. 22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. 23 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. 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 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.