^(F)“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For ^(G)the land has committed great ^[a]harlotry
By departing from the Lord.”

“Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
^(H)I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
^(I)And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
^5 (J)It shall come to pass in that day
That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

“Call her name ^[b]Lo-Ruhamah,
^(K)For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
^[c]But I will utterly take them away.
^7 (L)Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,
Will save them by the Lord their God,
And ^(M)will not save them by bow,
Nor by sword or battle,
By horses or horsemen.”

“Call his name ^[d]Lo-Ammi,
For you are not My people,
And I will not be your God.

⁴ “I will not have mercy on her children,
For they are the ^(X)children of harlotry.
⁵ For their mother has played the harlot;
She who conceived them has behaved shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
^(Y)Who give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my linen,
My oil and my drink.’

⁶ “Therefore, behold,
^(Z)I will hedge up your way with thorns,
And ^[j]wall her in,
So that she cannot find her paths.
⁷ She will ^[k]chase her lovers,
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,
^(AA)‘I will go and return to my ^(AB)first husband,
For then it was better for me than now.’
⁸ For she did not ^(AC)know
That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil,
And multiplied her silver and gold—
Which they prepared for Baal.

⁹ “Therefore I will return and take away
My grain in its time
And My new wine in its season,
And will take back My wool and My linen,
Given to cover her nakedness.
¹⁰ Now ^(AD)I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
And no one shall deliver her from My hand.
^11 (AE)I will also cause all her mirth to cease,
Her feast days,
Her New Moons,
Her Sabbaths—
All her appointed feasts.

¹² “And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
Of which she has said,
‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me.’
So I will make them a forest,
And the beasts of the field shall eat them.
¹³ I will punish her
For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense.
She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And went after her lovers;
But Me she forgot,” says the Lord.

¹⁶ “And it shall be, in that day,”
Says the Lord,
“That you will call Me ^[m]‘My Husband,’
And no longer call Me ^[n]‘My Master,’
¹⁷ For ^(AI)I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
¹⁸ In that day I will make a ^(AJ)covenant for them
With the beasts of the field,
With the birds of the air,
And with the creeping things of the ground.
Bow and sword of battle ^(AK)I will shatter from the earth,
To make them ^(AL)lie down safely.

¹⁹ “I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me
In righteousness and justice,
In lovingkindness and mercy;
²⁰ I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness,
And ^(AM)you shall know the Lord.

²¹ “It shall come to pass in that day
That ^(AN)I will answer,” says the Lord;
“I will answer the heavens,
And they shall answer the earth.
²² The earth shall answer
With grain,
With new wine,
And with oil;
They shall answer ^[o]Jezreel.
²³ Then ^(AO)I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
^(AP)And I will have mercy on her who had ^[p]not obtained mercy;
Then ^(AQ)I will say to those who were ^[q]not My people,
‘You are ^[r]My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

³ “I^(C) have made a covenant with My chosen,
I have ^(D)sworn to My servant David:
⁴ ‘Your seed I will establish forever,
And build up your throne ^(E)to all generations.’ ” Selah

⁵ And ^(F)the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints.
^6 (G)For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?
^7 (H)God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
⁸ O Lord God of hosts,
Who is mighty like You, O Lord?
Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
^9 (I)You rule the raging of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.
^10 (J)You have broken ^[b]Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

^11 (K)The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all its fullness, You have founded them.
¹² The north and the south, You have created them;
^(L)Tabor and ^(M)Hermon rejoice in Your name.
¹³ You have a mighty arm;
Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the ^(N)joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
¹⁶ In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
¹⁷ For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our ^[c]horn is ^(O)exalted.
¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁹ Then You spoke in a vision to Your ^[d]holy one,
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one ^(P)chosen from the people.
^20 (Q)I have found My servant David;
With My holy oil I have anointed him,
^21 (R)With whom My hand shall be established;
Also My arm shall strengthen him.
²² The enemy shall not ^[e]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
²³ I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague those who hate him.

²⁴ “But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him,
And in My name his horn shall be exalted.
²⁵ Also I will ^(S)set his hand over the sea,
And his right hand over the rivers.
²⁶ He shall cry to Me, ‘You are ^(T)my Father,
My God, and ^(U)the rock of my salvation.’
²⁷ Also I will make him ^(V)My firstborn,
^(W)The highest of the kings of the earth.
^28 (X)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
²⁹ His seed also I will make to endure forever,
^(Y)And his throne ^(Z)as the days of heaven.

³⁰ “If^(AA) his sons ^(AB)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
³¹ If they ^[f]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
³² Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
^33 (AC)Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not ^[g]utterly take from him,
Nor ^[h]allow My faithfulness to fail.
³⁴ My covenant I will not break,
Nor ^(AD)alter the word that has gone out of My lips.
³⁵ Once I have sworn ^(AE)by My holiness;
I will not lie to David:
^36 (AF)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne ^(AG)as the sun before Me;
³⁷ It shall be established forever like the moon,
Even like the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

³⁸ But You have ^(AH)cast off and ^(AI)abhorred,^[i]
You have been furious with Your ^[j]anointed.
³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
^(AJ)You have ^[k]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his ^[l]strongholds to ruin.
⁴¹ All who pass by the way ^(AK)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
⁴³ You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
⁴⁴ You have made his ^[m]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
⁴⁵ The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah

⁴⁶ How long, Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
⁴⁷ Remember how short my time ^(AL)is;
For what ^(AM)futility have You created all the children of men?
⁴⁸ What man can live and not ^[n]see ^(AN)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of ^[o]the grave? Selah

⁴⁹ Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You ^(AO)swore to David ^(AP)in Your truth?
⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
^(AQ)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
^51 (AR)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your ^[p]anointed.

^52 (AS)Blessed be the Lord forevermore!
Amen and Amen.