And יהוה said to me, “Backsliding Yisra’ĕ
“They have turned back to the crookednesses of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other mighty ones to serve them. The house of Yisra’ĕ
“Return, O backsliding children, I shall make your backslidings cease.” “See, we have come to You, for You are יהוה our Elohim.
“And after she had done all these, I said ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Yehuḏ
“And I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Yisra’ĕ
“And have you not walked in their ways and did according to their abominations? But in all your ways you soon became more corrupt than they.
“And her sister Oholiḇ
“My people are bent towards backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He lifts none of them up.
“For Yisra’ĕ
