"And I sawthat for allthe adulteriesof faithlessIsrael,I had senther awayand givenher a writof divorce,yet her treacheroussisterJudahdid not fear;but she wentand was a harlotalso.
Moreover,he madehighplacesin the mountainsof Judah,and caused the inhabitantsof Jerusalemto playthe harlotand ledJudahastray.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Whereis the certificateof divorceBy whichI have sentyour motheraway?Orto whomof My creditorsdid I sellyou? Behold,you were soldfor your iniquities,And for your transgressionsyour motherwas sentaway.
"Your own wickednesswill correctyou, And your apostasieswill reproveyou; Knowtherefore and seethat it is eviland bitterFor you to forsakethe LORDyour God,And the dreadof Me is not in you," declaresthe LordGODof hosts.
[God] says,"Ifa husbanddivorceshis wifeAnd she goesfrom him And belongsto anotherman,Will he stillreturnto her? Will not that landbe completelypolluted?But you are a harlot[with] manylovers;Yet you turnto Me," declaresthe LORD.
"Have you not observedwhatthispeoplehave spoken,saying,The twofamilieswhichthe LORDchose,He has rejectedthem'? Thus they despiseMy people,nolongerare they as a nationin their sight.
"Whyshould I pardonyou? Your sonshave forsakenMe And swornby those who are not gods.When I had fedthem to the full,They committedadulteryAnd troopedto the harlot'shouse.
"Now your oldersisteris Samaria,who livesnorthof you with her daughters;and your youngersister,who livessouthof you, is Sodomwith her daughters.
"Yet you have not merely walkedin their waysor doneaccording to their abominations;but, as if that were toolittle,you actedmorecorruptlyin allyour conductthanthey.
"Furthermore, Samariadid not commithalfof your sins,for you have multipliedyour abominationsmorethanthey. Thus you have madeyour sistersappear righteousby allyour abominationswhichyou have committed.
"But they wentin to her as they would goin to a harlot.Thusthey wentin to Oholahand to Oholibah,the lewdwomen.
"Therefore,I gaveher into the handof her lovers,into the handof the Assyrians,afterwhomshe lusted.
For the sonsof Israelwill remainfor manydayswithoutkingor prince,withoutsacrificeor [sacred] pillarand withoutephodor householdidols.
"Whena mantakesa wifeand marriesher, and it happensthat she findsnofavorin his eyesbecausehe has foundsomeindecencyin her, and he writesher a certificateof divorceand puts[it] in her handand sendsher out from his house,
and if the latterhusbandturnsagainsther and writesher a certificateof divorceand puts[it] in her handand sendsher out of his house,orifthe latterhusbanddieswhotookher to be his wife,
