Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee.

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: [therefore] will I change their glory into shame.

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof [is] good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.

The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

Hear ye this, O priests and hearken, ye house of Israel and give ye ear, O house of the king for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, [and] Israel is defiled.

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity Judah also shall fall with them.

They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.

Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.