"Have you not observedwhatthispeoplehave spoken,saying,The twofamilieswhichthe LORDchose,He has rejectedthem'? Thus they despiseMy people,nolongerare they as a nationin their sight.
Saying,"Godhas forsakenhim; Pursueand seizehim, for thereis nooneto deliver."
They have said,"Come,and let us wipethem out as a nation,That the nameof Israelbe rememberednomore."
For they have conspiredtogetherwith one mind;AgainstYou they makea covenant:
For the LORDwill not abandonHis people,Norwill He forsakeHis inheritance.
Then the jealousyof Ephraimwill depart,And those who harassJudahwill be cutoff;Ephraimwill not be jealousof Judah,And Judahwill not harassEphraim.
"The LORDwill bringon you, on your people,and on your father'shousesuchdaysas have nevercomesincethe daythat Ephraimseparatedfrom Judah,the kingof Assyria."
"I thought,'Aftershe has doneallthesethingsshe will returnto Me'; but she did not return,and her treacheroussisterJudahsawit.
"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.
For I will restoreyou to healthAnd I will healyou of your wounds,'declaresthe LORD,'Becausethey have calledyou an outcast,saying: "It is Zion;noonecaresfor her."'
"IfthisfixedorderdepartsFrom beforeMe," declaresthe LORD,"Then the offspringof Israelalsowill ceaseFrom beinga nationbeforeMe forever."
Thussaysthe LORD,"Ifthe heavensabovecan be measuredAnd the foundationsof the earthsearchedout below,Then I will alsocastoffallthe offspringof IsraelFor allthat they have done,"declaresthe LORD.
And the wordof the LORDcameto Jeremiah,saying,
thenI would rejectthe descendantsof Jacoband DavidMy servant,not takingfrom his descendantsrulersoverthe descendantsof Abraham,Isaacand Jacob.But I will restoretheir fortunesand will havemercyon them.'"
For neitherIsraelnorJudahhas been forsakenBy his God,the LORDof hosts,Althoughtheir landis fullof guiltBeforethe HolyOneof Israel.
"Depart!Unclean!"they criedof themselves. "Depart,depart,do not touch!"Sothey fledand wandered;[Men] among the nationssaid,"They shall not continueto dwell[with us]."
and sayto the sonsof Ammon,'Hearthe wordof the LordGOD!Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Becauseyou said,Aha!'againstMy sanctuarywhenit was profaned,and againstthe landof Israelwhenit was madedesolate,and againstthe houseof Judahwhenthey wentinto exile,
"Sonof man,becauseTyrehas saidconcerningJerusalem,'Aha,the gatewayof the peoplesis broken;it has openedto me. I shall be filled,[now that] she is laidwaste,'
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Becausethe enemyhas spokenagainstyou, 'Aha!'and, 'The everlastingheightshave becomeour possession,'
"When they cameto the nationswherethey went,they profanedMy holyname,because it was saidof them, 'Theseare the peopleof the LORD;yet they have comeout of His land.'
Then He saidto me, "Sonof man,thesebonesare the wholehouseof Israel;behold,they say,Our bonesare driedup and our hopehas perished.We are completely cutoff.'
and I will makethem onenationin the land,on the mountainsof Israel;and onekingwill be kingfor allof them; and they will nolongerbe twonationsand nolongerbe dividedinto twokingdoms.
