"Goand proclaimin the earsof Jerusalem,saying,'Thussaysthe LORD,"I rememberconcerning you the devotionof your youth,The loveof your betrothals,Your followingafterMe in the wilderness,Through a landnot sown.
"Manytimesthey have persecutedme from my youthup," Let Israelnowsay,
When Israelsawthe greatpowerwhichthe LORDhad usedagainst the Egyptians,the peoplefearedthe LORD,and they believedin the LORDand in His servantMoses.
Mosessaid,"[This will happen] when the LORDgivesyou meatto eatin the evening,and breadto the fullin the morning;for the LORDhearsyour grumblingswhichyou grumbleagainstHim. And whatare we? Your grumblingsare not againstus but againstthe LORD."
Wisdomshoutsin the street,She liftsher voicein the square;
"Goforth,O daughtersof Zion,And gazeon KingSolomonwith the crownWith whichhis motherhas crownedhim On the dayof his wedding,And on the dayof his gladnessof heart."
"Whatis thiscomingup from the wildernessLike columnsof smoke,Perfumedwith myrrhand frankincense,With allscentedpowdersof the merchant?
"Cryloudly,do not holdback;Raiseyour voicelike a trumpet,And declareto My peopletheir transgressionAnd to the houseof Jacobtheir sins.
And the LORDsaidto me, "Proclaimallthesewordsin the citiesof Judahand in the streetsof Jerusalem,saying,Hearthe wordsof thiscovenantand dothem.
"Then goout to the valleyof Ben-hinnom,whichis by the entranceof the potsherdgate,and proclaimtherethe wordsthat I tellyou,
Now the wordof the LORDcameto me saying,
"They did not say,'Whereis the LORDWho broughtus up out of the landof Egypt,Who ledus through the wilderness,Through a landof desertsand of pits,Through a landof droughtand of deepdarkness,Through a landthat noonecrossedAnd wherenomandwelt?'
"Have you not just nowcalledto Me, 'My Father,You are the friendof my youth?
"Standin the gateof the LORD'Shouseand proclaimtherethiswordand say,'Hearthe wordof the LORD,allyou of Judah,who enterby thesegatesto worshipthe LORD!'"
"Besidesallyour abominationsand harlotriesyou did not rememberthe daysof your youth,when you were nakedand bareand squirmingin your blood.
"Nevertheless, I will rememberMy covenantwith you in the daysof your youth,and I will establishan everlastingcovenantwith you.
"Then I passedby you and sawyou, and behold,you were at the timefor love;so I spreadMy skirtoveryou and coveredyour nakedness.I also sworeto you and enteredinto a covenantwith you so that you becameMine," declaresthe LordGOD.
"Yet she multipliedher harlotries,rememberingthe daysof her youth,whenshe playedthe harlotin the landof Egypt.
and they playedthe harlotin Egypt.They playedthe harlotin their youth;theretheir breastswere pressedand theretheir virginbosomwas handled.
"She did not forsakeher harlotriesfrom [the time in] Egypt;for in her youthmen had lainwith her, and they handledher virginbosomand pouredout their luston her.
WhenIsrael[was] a youthI lovedhim, And out of EgyptI calledMy son.
"Then I will giveher her vineyardsfrom there,And the valleyof Achoras a doorof hope.And she will singthereas in the daysof her youth,As in the daywhen she cameup from the landof Egypt.
"For I will removethe namesof the Baalsfrom her mouth,So that they will be mentionedby their namesnomore.
"She will pursueher lovers,but she will not overtakethem; And she will seekthem, but will not find[them]. Then she will say,I will gobackto my firsthusband,For it was betterfor me thenthannow!'
[Put] the trumpetto your lips!Like an eagle[the enemy comes] againstthe houseof the LORD,Becausethey have transgressedMy covenantAnd rebelledagainstMy law.
I foundIsraellike grapesin the wilderness;I sawyour forefathersas the earliestfruiton the figtreein its first[season]. [But] they cameto Baal-peorand devotedthemselves to shame,And they becameas detestableas that whichthey loved.
"Arise,goto Ninevehthe greatcityand cryagainstit, for their wickednesshas comeup beforeMe."
"He who hasearsto hear, let him hear.
Someonein the crowdsaidto Him, "Teacher,tellmy brotherto dividethe [family] inheritancewith me."
"For the LORDyour Godhas blessedyou in allthat you have done;He has knownyour wanderingsthrough thisgreatwilderness.Thesefortyyearsthe LORDyour Godhas been with you; you have not lackeda thing."'
"Indeed,He lovesthe people;AllYour holyonesare in Your hand,And they followedin Your steps;[Everyone] receivesof Your words.
"You shall rememberallthe waywhichthe LORDyour Godhas ledyou in the wildernessthesefortyyears,that He might humbleyou, testingyou, to knowwhatwas in your heart,whether you would keepHis commandmentsornot.
You adulteresses,do you not knowthat friendshipwith the worldis hostilitytoward God?Thereforewhoeverwishesto be a friendof the worldmakeshimself an enemyof God.
But I have[this] againstyou, that you have leftyour firstlove.
