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  3:1 ¶
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah. |
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3:1 ¶
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.° |
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3:2
Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. |
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3:2
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.° |
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3:3
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. |
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3:3
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.°° |
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3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth? |
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3:4
Wilt thou not°
from this time°°
cry°°
unto me, My father,°
thou°
[art] the guide°
of my youth?° |
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3:5
Will he retain [his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way. |
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3:5
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.°° |
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3:6 ¶
Moreover Jehovah said 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. |
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3:6 ¶
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.°° |
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3:7
And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. |
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3:7
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]. |
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3:8
And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot. |
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3:8
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.° |
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3:9
And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks. |
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3:9
And it came to pass°
through the lightness°°
of her whoredom,°
that she defiled°°°
the land,°
and committed adultery°°
with°
stones°
and with°
stocks.° |
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3:10
And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah. |
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3:10
And yet°
for all°
this°
her treacherous°
sister°
Judah°
hath not°
turned°°
unto°
me with her whole°
heart,°
but°°
feignedly,°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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3:11
And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. |
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3:11
And the LORD°
said°°
unto°
me, The backsliding°
Israel°
hath justified°°
herself°
more than treacherous°°°
Judah.° |
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3:12 ¶
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep [anger] for ever. |
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3:12 ¶
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.° |
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3:13
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah. |
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3:13
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.° |
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3:14
Return, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: |
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3:14
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:° |
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3:15
and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. |
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3:15
And I will give°°
you pastors°°
according to mine heart,°
which shall feed°°
you with knowledge°
and understanding.°° |
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3:16
And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more. |
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3:16
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.° |
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3:17
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart. |
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3:17
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.° |
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3:18
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 gave for an inheritance unto your fathers. |
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3:18
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.° |
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3:19
But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me. |
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3:19
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.° |
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3:20 ¶
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah. |
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3:20 ¶
Surely°
[as] a wife°
treacherously°°
departeth°
from her husband,°°°
so°
have ye dealt treacherously°°
with me, O house°
of Israel,°
saith°°
the LORD.° |
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3:21
A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping [and] the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God. |
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3:21
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.° |
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3:22
Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we are come unto thee; for thou art Jehovah our God. |
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3:22
Return,°°
ye backsliding°
children,°
[and] I will heal°°
your backslidings.°
Behold,°
we come°°
unto thee; for°
thou°
[art] the LORD°
our God.° |
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3:23
Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel. |
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3:23
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.° |
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3:24
But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. |
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3:24
For shame°
hath devoured°°°
the labour°
of our fathers°
from our youth;°°°
their flocks°
and their herds,°°
their sons°
and their daughters.° |
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3:25
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God. |
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3:25
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.° |
