1	Say# ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah# . [Ammi: that is, My people] [Ruhamah: that is, Having obtained mercy]
			2	Plead# with your mother, plead# : for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away# her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
			3	Lest I strip# her naked, and set# her as in the day that she was born# , and make# her as a wilderness, and set# her like a dry land, and slay# her with thirst.
			4	And I will not have mercy# upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
			5	For their mother hath played the harlot# : she that conceived# them hath done shamefully# : for she said# , I will go# after my lovers# , that give# me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. [drink: Heb. drinks]
			6	Therefore, behold, I will hedge# up thy way with thorns, and make# a wall, that she shall not find# her paths. [make...: Heb. wall a wall]
			7	And she shall follow# after her lovers# , but she shall not overtake# them; and she shall seek# them, but shall not find# them : then shall she say# , I will go# and return# to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
			8	For she did not know# that I gave# her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied# her silver and gold, which they prepared# for Baal. [wine: Heb. new wine] [which...: or, wherewith they made Baal]
			9	Therefore will I return# , and take away# my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover# my wool and my flax given to cover# her nakedness. [recover: or, take away]
			10	And now will I discover# her lewdness in the sight of her lovers# , and none shall deliver# her out of mine hand. [lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany]
			11	I will also cause all her mirth to cease# , her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
			12	And I will destroy# her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said# , These are my rewards that my lovers# have given# me: and I will make# them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat# them. [destroy: Heb. make desolate]
			13	And I will visit# upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense# to them, and she decked# herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went# after her lovers# , and forgat# me, saith# the LORD.
			14	Therefore, behold, I will allure# her, and bring# her into the wilderness, and speak# comfortably unto her. [comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart]
			15	And I will give# her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing# there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up# out of the land of Egypt.
			16	And it shall be at that day, saith# the LORD, that thou shalt call# me Ishi; and shalt call# me no more Baali. [Ishi: that is, My husband] [Baali: that is, My lord]
			17	For I will take away# the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered# by their name.
			18	And in that day will I make# a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break# the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down# safely.
			19	And I will betroth# thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth# thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
			20	I will even betroth# thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know# the LORD.
			21	And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear# , saith# the LORD, I will hear# the heavens, and they shall hear# the earth;
			22	And the earth shall hear# the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear# Jezreel.
			23	And I will sow# her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy# upon her that had not obtained mercy# # # ; and I will say# to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say# , Thou art my God.