But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

for their mother has played the harlot. 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.

And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope. And she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.

Afterward the sons of Israel shall return and seek LORD their God and David their king, and shall come with fear to LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

Hear the word of LORD, ye sons of Israel, for LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

There is nothing but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery. They break out, and blood touches blood.

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

And it shall be, like people, like priest. And I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of whoredom has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.

Their drink has become sour. They play the harlot continually. Her rulers dearly love shame.

The wind has wrapped her up in its wings, and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.

Their doings will not allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they do not know LORD.

And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity. Judah also shall stumble with them.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek LORD, but they shall not find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

They have dealt treacherously against LORD, for they have borne strange sons. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.

For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away, I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant. There they have dealt treacherously against me.

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. Whoredom is there in Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee when I bring back the captivity of my people.

And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings have surrounded them; they are before my face.

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the rulers with their lies.

For they have made their heart ready like an oven, while they lay in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings are fallen. There is none among those who call to me.

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he does not know.

And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. Yet they have not returned to LORD their God, nor sought him for all this.

When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them. I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.

And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They rebel against me.

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they devise mischief against me.

They return, but not to [him] on high. They are like a deceitful bow. Their rulers shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols of their silver and their gold, that they may be cut off.

As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but LORD does not accept them. He will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

They shall not pour out wine-offerings to LORD, nor shall they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners. All who eat of it shall be polluted, for their bread shall be for their appetite. It sha

For, lo, they have gone away from destruction, [yet] Egypt shall gather them up. Memphis shall bury them. Their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them. Thorns shall be in their tents.

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will visit their sins.

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird. There shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

Though they bring up their sons, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more. All their rulers are rebels.

Ephraim is smitten. Their root is dried up. They shall bear no fruit. Yea, though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved fruit of their womb.

Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. According to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.

Their heart is divided. Now they shall be found guilty. He will smite their altars. He will destroy their pillars.

The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

O Israel, thou have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they stood. The battle against the sons of iniquity does not overtake them in Gibeah.

When it is my desire, I will chastise them. And the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who lift up the yoke on their jaws. And I laid food before them.

They shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return [to me].

And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.

They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria. And I will make them to dwell in their houses, says LORD.

Yea, he had strength over the [heavenly] agent, and prevailed, [as] he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

Is Gilead iniquity? They are altogether false. In Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks. Yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he offended in Baal, he died.

And 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, Let the men who sacrifice kiss the ca

Yet I am LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shall know no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

According to their pasture, so they were filled. They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild beast shall tear them.

Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword. Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.