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

‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am ^(B)merciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.
^13 (C)Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God,
And have ^(D)scattered your ^[a]charms
To ^(E)alien deities ^(F)under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.

² “Lift up your eyes to ^(E)the desolate heights and see:
Where have you not ^[a]lain with men?
^(F)By the road you have sat for them
Like an Arabian in the wilderness;
^(G)And you have polluted the land
With your harlotries and your wickedness.
³ Therefore the ^(H)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a ^(I)harlot’s forehead;
You refuse to be ashamed.
⁴ Will you not from this time cry to Me,
‘My Father, You are ^(J)the guide of ^(K)my youth?

^(D)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in ^(E)mercy.^[a]
19 He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all ^[b]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
^20 (F)You will give truth to Jacob
And ^[c]mercy to Abraham,
^(G)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.

²² “Look to Me, and be saved,
^(A)All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.