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Then he said to him, + "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah{Lo-Ruhamah means "not loved."}; + for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, + that I should in any way pardon them. +001:007 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save + them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, + sword, battle, horses, or horsemen." +001:008 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son. +001:009 He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi{Lo-Ammi means "not my people"}; + for you are not my people, and I will not be yours. +001:010 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand + of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; + and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said + to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons + of the living God.' +001:011 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be + gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, + and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel. +002:001 "Say to your brothers, 'My people!'{'Ammi' in Hebrew} and to + your sisters, 'My loved one!'{'Ruhamah' in Hebrew} +002:002 Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, + neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution + from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts; +002:003 Lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day + that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set + her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst. +002:004 Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy; for they are + children of unfaithfulness; +002:005 For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them + has done shamefully; for she said, 'I will go after my lovers, + who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, + my oil and my drink.' +002:006 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I + will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way. +002:007 She will follow after her lovers, but she won't overtake them; + and she will seek them, but won't find them. + Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; + for then was it better with me than now.' +002:008 For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, + and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they + used for Baal. +002:009 Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new + wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax + which should have covered her nakedness. +002:010 Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, + and no one will deliver her out of my hand. +002:011 I will also cause all her celebrations to cease: her feasts, + her new moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies. +002:012 I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, about which she + has said, 'These are my wages that my lovers have given me; + and I will make them a forest,' and the animals of the field + shall eat them. +002:013 I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned + incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, + and went after her lovers, and forgot me," says Yahweh. +002:014 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into + the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. +002:015 I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley + of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there, + as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came + up out of the land of Egypt. +002:016 It will be in that day," says Yahweh, "that you will call me + 'my husband,' and no longer call me 'my master.' +002:017 For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, + and they will no longer be mentioned by name. +002:018 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals + of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with + the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, + the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them + lie down safely. +002:019 I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you + to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, + and in compassion. +002:020 I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you + shall know Yahweh. +002:021 It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, "I will + respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth; +002:022 and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, + and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel. +002:023 I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her + who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not + my people, 'You are my people;' and they will say, 'My God!'" +003:001 Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a woman loved by another, + and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, + though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins." +003:002 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver + and a homer and a half of barley. +003:003 I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not + play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. + I will also be so toward you." +003:004 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, + and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without + sacred stone, and without ephod or idols. +003:005 Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh + their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling + to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days. +004:001 Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; + for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: + "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God + in the land. +004:002 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; + they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed. +004:003 Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein + will waste away. all living things in her, even the animals + of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of + the sea also die. +004:004 "Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; + For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest. +004:005 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble + with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother. +004:006 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. + Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, + that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten + your God's law, I will also forget your children. +004:007 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. + I will change their glory into shame. +004:008 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart + on their iniquity. +004:009 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them + for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds. +004:010 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, + and will not increase; because they have abandoned + giving to Yahweh. +004:011 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding. +004:012 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick + of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, + and they have been unfaithful to their God. +004:013 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense + on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because its + shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, + and your brides commit adultery. +004:014 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, + nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort + with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; + so the people without understanding will come to ruin. +004:015 "Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don't let Judah offend; + and don't come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, + 'As Yahweh lives.' +004:016 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. + Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow. +004:017 Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone! +004:018 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. + Her rulers dearly love their shameful way. +004:019 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall + be disappointed because of their sacrifices. +005:001 "Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, + and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; + for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor. +005:002 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them. +005:003 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; + for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. + Israel is defiled. +005:004 Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit + of prostitution is within them, and they don't know Yahweh. +005:005 The pride of Israel testifies to his face. + Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. + Judah also will stumble with them. +005:006 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; + but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them. +005:007 They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne + illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them + with their fields. +005:008 "Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a + battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin! +005:009 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. + Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which + will surely be. +005:010 The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. + I will pour out my wrath on them like water. +005:011 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is + intent in his pursuit of idols. +005:012 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house + of Judah like rottenness. +005:013 "When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, + Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: + but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you + of your wound. +005:014 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to + the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. + I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver. +005:015 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge + their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they + will seek me earnestly." +006:001 "Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, + and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind + up our wounds. +006:002 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will + raise us up, and we will live before him. +006:003 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. + As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. + He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain + that waters the earth." +006:004 "Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? + For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew + that disappears early. +006:005 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; + I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments + are like a flash of lightning. +006:006 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God + more than burnt offerings. +006:007 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. + They were unfaithful to me, there. +006:008 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is + stained with blood. +006:009 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests + murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. +006:010 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. + There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled. +006:011 "Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I + restore the fortunes of my people. +007:001 When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, + also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, + and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside. +007:002 They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all + their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. + They are before my face. +007:003 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes + with their lies. +007:004 They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that + the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, + until it is leavened. +007:005 On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick + with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers. +007:006 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, + while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. + In the morning it burns as a flaming fire. +007:007 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. + All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them + who calls to me. +007:008 Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is + a pancake not turned over. +007:009 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't + realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, + and he doesn't realize it. +007:010 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven't + returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this. +007:011 "Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. + They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria. +007:012 When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring + them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, + as their congregation has heard. +007:013 Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! + For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, + yet they have spoken lies against me. +007:014 They haven't cried to me with their heart, but they howl on + their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. + They turn away from me. +007:015 Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they + plot evil against me. +007:016 They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. + Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. + This will be their derision in the land of Egypt. +008:001 "Put the trumpet to your lips! Something like an eagle is + over Yahweh's house, because they have broken my covenant, + and rebelled against my law. +008:002 They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!' +008:003 Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. +008:004 They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, + and I didn't approve. Of their silver and their gold they + have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off. +008:005 Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! + How long will it be until they are capable of purity? +008:006 For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is + no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. +008:007 For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. + He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. + If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up. +008:008 Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations + like a worthless thing. +008:009 For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. + Ephraim has hired lovers for himself. +008:010 But although they sold themselves among the nations, + I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because + of the oppression of the king of mighty ones. +008:011 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became + for him altars for sinning. +008:012 I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded + as a strange thing. +008:013 As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice + flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn't accept them. + Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. + They will return to Egypt. +008:014 For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; + and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send + a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses." +009:001 Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; + for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages + of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor. +009:002 The threshing floor and the winepress won't feed them, + and the new wine will fail her. +009:003 They won't dwell in Yahweh's land; but Ephraim will return + to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. +009:004 They won't pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, neither will + they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them + like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted; + for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come + into the house of Yahweh. +009:005 What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day + of the feast of Yahweh? +009:006 For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. + Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. + Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. + Thorns will be in their tents. +009:007 The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. + Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is + inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, + and because your hostility is great. +009:008 A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. A fowler's snare + is on all of his paths, and hostility in the house of his God. +009:009 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. + He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them + for their sins. +009:010 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your + fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; + but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves + to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that + which they loved. +009:011 As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. + There will be no birth, none with child, and no conception. +009:012 Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, + so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them + when I depart from them! +009:013 I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; + but Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer. +009:014 Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying + womb and dry breasts. +009:015 "All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. + Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive + them out of my house! I will love them no more. + All their princes are rebels. +009:016 Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear + no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill + the beloved ones of their womb." +009:017 My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; + and they will be wanderers among the nations. +010:001 Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. + According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied + his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned + their sacred stones. +010:002 Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. + He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones. +010:003 Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; + and the king, what can he do for us?" +010:004 They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. + Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows + of the field. +010:005 The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves + of Beth Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with + its priests who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it + has departed from it. +010:006 It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. + Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed + of his own counsel. +010:007 Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water. +010:008 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. + The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. + They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, + "Fall on us!" +010:009 "Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. + There they remained. The battle against the children + of iniquity doesn't overtake them in Gibeah. +010:010 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations + will be gathered against them, when they are bound to + their two transgressions. +010:011 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put + a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. + Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods. +010:012 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. + Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, + until he comes and rains righteousness on you. +010:013 You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. + You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, + in the multitude of your mighty men. +010:014 Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, + and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed + Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed + in pieces with her children. +010:015 So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. + At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed. +011:001 "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son + out of Egypt. +011:002 They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed + to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images. +011:003 Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; + but they didn't know that I healed them. +011:004 I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I + was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; + and I bent down to him and I fed him. +011:005 "They won't return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian + will be their king, because they refused to repent. +011:006 The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars + of their gates, and will put an end to their plans. +011:007 My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call + to the Most High, he certainly won't exalt them. +011:008 "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand + you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can + I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, + my compassion is aroused. +011:009 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not + return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; + the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath. +011:010 They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; + for he will roar, and the children will come trembling + from the west. +011:011 They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like + a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them + in their houses," says Yahweh. +011:012 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel + with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful + to the Holy One. +012:001 Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. + He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make + a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. +012:002 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob + according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him. +012:003 In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood + he contended with God. +012:004 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, + and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, + and there he spoke with us, +012:005 even Yahweh, the God of Armies; Yahweh is his name of renown! +012:006 Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, + and wait continually for your God. +012:007 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. +012:008 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. + In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin." +012:009 "But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. + I will yet again make you dwell in tents, as in the days + of the solemn feast. +012:010 I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; + and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables. +012:011 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal + they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps + in the furrows of the field. +012:012 Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get + a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds. +012:013 By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a + prophet he was preserved. +012:014 Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood + will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt. +013:001 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself + in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died. +013:002 Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten + images of their silver, even idols according to their + own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. + They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.' +013:003 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew + that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with + the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke + out of the chimney. +013:004 "Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall + acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior. +013:005 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. +013:006 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, + and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. +013:007 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will + lurk by the path. +013:008 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, + and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour + them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them. +013:009 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, + against your help. +013:010 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? + And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?' +013:011 I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away + in my wrath. +013:012 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up. +013:013 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. + He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come + to the opening of the womb. +013:014 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them + from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is + your destruction? "Compassion will be hidden from my eyes. +013:015 Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, + the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his + spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. + He will plunder the storehouse of treasure. +013:016 Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God. + They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed + in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open." +014:001 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because + of your sin. +014:002 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, + "Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: + so we offer our lips like bulls. +014:003 Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will + we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' + for in you the fatherless finds mercy." +014:004 "I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; + for my anger is turned away from him. +014:005 I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, + and send down his roots like Lebanon. +014:006 His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, + and his fragrance like Lebanon. +014:007 Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, + and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like + the wine of Lebanon. +014:008 Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, + and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; + from me your fruit is found." +014:009 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? + Who is prudent, that he may know them? 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