We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband," says the Lord.

For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me," says the Lord.

Begotten

Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners,

Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!

A month

Therefore say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.